2026 AIME I Problem 10

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Concepts:coordinate geometrytransformationshoelace formulacircumcircle, circumcenter, and circumradius

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10.

Let ABC\triangle ABC have side lengths AB=13,AB = 13, BC=14,BC = 14, and CA=15.CA = 15. Triangle ABC\triangle A'B'C' is obtained by rotating ABC\triangle ABC about its circumcenter so that AC\overline{A'C'} is perpendicular to BC,\overline{BC}, with AA' and BB not on the same side of line BC.B'C'. Find the integer closest to the area of hexagon AACCBB.AA'CC'BB'.

Solution:

Place B=(0,0),B = (0,0), C=(14,0),C = (14,0), A=(5,12).A = (5,12). The circumcenter lies on x=7,x = 7, and equating distances to BB and AA gives O=(7,338).O = \left(7, \frac{33}{8}\right). The direction of AC\overline{AC} is CA=(9,12),C - A = (9, -12), parallel to (3,4).(3, -4). A rotation through φ\varphi makes AC\overline{A'C'} vertical exactly when it sends (3,4)(3,-4) to (0,±5),(0, \pm 5), so (cosφ,sinφ)=(45,35)(\cos\varphi, \sin\varphi) = \left(\frac{4}{5}, -\frac{3}{5}\right) or (45,35).\left(-\frac{4}{5}, \frac{3}{5}\right). Rotating each vertex about OO and checking the line BCB'C' shows that AA' and BB are on opposite sides only for cosφ=45,\cos\varphi = \frac{4}{5}, sinφ=35.\sin\varphi = -\frac{3}{5}.

With this rotation, P=O+R(PO)P' = O + R(P - O) gives A=(818,938),B=(4340,20140),C=(818,278).A' = \left(\tfrac{81}{8}, \tfrac{93}{8}\right), \qquad B' = \left(-\tfrac{43}{40}, \tfrac{201}{40}\right), \qquad C' = \left(\tfrac{81}{8}, -\tfrac{27}{8}\right). For example, AO=(2,638)A - O = \left(-2, \tfrac{63}{8}\right) rotates to (258,152),\left(\tfrac{25}{8}, \tfrac{15}{2}\right), giving A=(818,938).A' = \left(\tfrac{81}{8}, \tfrac{93}{8}\right).

The hexagon AACCBBA A' C C' B B' is simple with these vertices in order, so the shoelace formula on (5,12),(5,12), (818,938),\left(\tfrac{81}{8}, \tfrac{93}{8}\right), (14,0),(14,0), (818,278),\left(\tfrac{81}{8}, -\tfrac{27}{8}\right), (0,0),(0,0), (4340,20140)\left(-\tfrac{43}{40}, \tfrac{201}{40}\right) gives area 155710=155.7.\frac{1557}{10} = 155.7. The closest integer is 156.156.

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