2020 AIME II Problem 4

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4.

Triangles △ABC\triangle ABC and △A′B′C′\triangle A'B'C' lie in the coordinate plane with vertices A(0,0),A(0, 0), B(0,12),B(0, 12), C(16,0),C(16, 0), A′(24,18),A'(24, 18), B′(36,18),B'(36, 18), C′(24,2).C'(24, 2). A rotation of mm degrees clockwise around the point (x,y),(x, y), where 0<m<180,0 \lt m \lt 180, will transform △ABC\triangle ABC to △A′B′C′.\triangle A'B'C'. Find m+x+y.m + x + y.

Answer: 108
Concepts:transformationcoordinate geometry
Difficulty rating: 2300
Small Hint:

Segment ABAB is vertical while its image A′B′A'B' is horizontal, so the rotation must be by 9090 degrees

Big Hint:

A 90∘90^\circ clockwise rotation about (a,b)(a, b) sends (p,q)(p, q) to (a+q−b, b−p+a);(a + q - b,\ b - p + a); match A↦A′A \mapsto A'

Solution:

The vector AB→=(0,12)\overrightarrow{AB} = (0, 12) is vertical, while A′B′→=(12,0)\overrightarrow{A'B'} = (12, 0) is horizontal and of the same length, so the rotation turns directions by 90∘90^\circ clockwise, and m=90.m = 90.

A 90∘90^\circ clockwise rotation about (a,b)(a, b) sends (p,q)(p, q) to (a+q−b, b−p+a).(a + q - b,\ b - p + a). Applying this to A=(0,0)A = (0, 0) and setting the image equal to A′=(24,18)A' = (24, 18) gives a−b=24a - b = 24 and a+b=18,a + b = 18, so a=21a = 21 and b=−3.b = -3. Checking the other vertices: B=(0,12)B = (0, 12) maps to (21+12+3, −3+21)(21 + 12 + 3,\ -3 + 21) =(36,18)=B′,= (36, 18) = B', and C=(16,0)C = (16, 0) maps to (21+3, −3−16+21)(21 + 3,\ -3 - 16 + 21) =(24,2)=C′.= (24, 2) = C'.

Therefore m+x+y=90m + x + y = 90 +21+ 21 +(−3)=108.+ (-3) = 108.

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