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Problem 159

AMC 10/12, early questions
Geometry Difficulty 3.5 Find the answer

Circles ω\omega and γ\gamma, both centered at OO, have radii 2020 and 1717, respectively. Equilateral triangle ABCABC, whose interior lies in the interior of ω\omega but in the exterior of γ\gamma, has vertex AA on ω\omega, and the line containing side BC\overline{BC} is tangent to γ\gamma. Segments AO\overline{AO} and BC\overline{BC} intersect at PP, and BPCP=3\dfrac{BP}{CP} = 3. Then ABAB can be written in the form mnpq\dfrac{m}{\sqrt{n}} - \dfrac{p}{\sqrt{q}} for positive integers mm, nn, pp, qq with gcd(m,n)=gcd(p,q)=1\text{gcd}(m,n) = \text{gcd}(p,q) = 1. What is m+n+p+qm+n+p+q?
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(A) 42(B) 86(C) 92(D) 114(E) 130\textbf{(A) } 42 \qquad \textbf{(B) }86 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 92 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 114 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 130

Official solution

Let SS be the point of tangency between BC\overline{BC} and γ\gamma, and MM be the midpoint of BC\overline{BC}. Note that AMBSAM \perp BS and OSBSOS \perp BS. This implies that OAMAOS\angle OAM \cong \angle AOS, and AMPOSP\angle AMP \cong \angle OSP. Thus, PMAPSO\triangle PMA \sim \triangle PSO.
If we let ss be the side length of ABC\triangle ABC, then it follows that AM=32sAM = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}s and PM=s4PM = \frac{s}{4}. This implies that AP=134sAP = \frac{\sqrt{13}}{4}s, so AMAP=2313\frac{AM}{AP} = \frac{2\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{13}}. Furthermore, AM+SOAO=AMAP\frac{AM + SO}{AO} = \frac{AM}{AP} (because PMAPSO\triangle PMA \sim \triangle PSO) so this gives us the equation
32s+1720=2313\frac{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}s + 17}{20} = \frac{2\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{13}}
to solve for the side length ss, or ABAB. Thus,
392s+1713=403\frac{\sqrt{39}}{2}s + 17\sqrt{13} = 40\sqrt{3}
392s=4031713\frac{\sqrt{39}}{2}s = 40\sqrt{3} - 17\sqrt{13}
s=8013343=ABs = \frac{80}{\sqrt{13}} - \frac{34}{\sqrt{3}} = AB
The problem asks for m+n+p+q=80+13+34+3=(E) 130m + n + p + q = 80 + 13 + 34 + 3 = \boxed{\textbf{(E) } 130}.

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