Maths Olympiad Prep

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Problem 664

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Geometry Difficulty 5.2 Find the answer

4. As shown in the figure, in ABC\triangle A B C, A=60\angle A=60^{\circ}, points D,ED, E are on side ABA B, and FF, GG are on side CAC A. Connecting BF,FE,EG,GDB F, F E, E G, G D divides ABC\triangle A B C into five smaller triangles of equal area, i.e., SCBF=SFBE=SFEC=SGED=SGDA V S_{\triangle C B F}=S_{\triangle F B E}=S_{\triangle F E C}=S_{\triangle G E D}=S_{\triangle G D A \text { V }} and EB=2CFE B=2 C F. Find the value of BCEF\frac{B C}{E F}.

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Official solution

4. 72\frac{\sqrt{7}}{2}.

It is known that SFEA=3SFBES_{\triangle F E A}=3 S_{\triangle F B E}, so AE=3BEA E=3 B E.
Similarly, we get AF=4CFA F=4 C F.
And BE=2CB E=2 C, so we can set CF=xC F=x, then AF=4x,AC=A F=4 x, A C= 5x,AE=6x,AB=8x5 x, A E=6 x, A B=8 x.
In FEA\triangle F E A, using the cosine rule we get
EF2=36x2+42x226x4xcos60=28x2 E F^{2}=36 x^{2}+4^{2} x^{2}-2 \cdot 6 x \cdot 4 x \cdot \cos 60^{\circ}=28 x^{2} \text {. }

In ABC\triangle A B C, using the cosine rule we get
BC2=64x2+25x228x5xcos60=49x2. \begin{aligned} B C^{2} & =64 x^{2}+25 x^{2}-2 \cdot 8 x \cdot 5 x \cdot \cos 60^{\circ} \\ & =49 x^{2} . \end{aligned}
 Then BCEF=7x27x=72 \text { Then } \frac{B C}{E F}=\frac{7 x}{2 \sqrt{7} x}=\frac{\sqrt{7}}{2} \text {. }

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