2026 AIME I Problem 14

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Concepts:equiangular polygonvectortrigonometryalgebraic manipulation

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14.

In an equiangular pentagon, the sum of the squares of the side lengths equals 308,308, and the sum of the squares of the diagonal lengths equals 800.800. The square of the perimeter of the pentagon can be expressed as mn,m\sqrt{n}, where mm and nn are positive integers and nn is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find m+n.m + n.

Solution:

In an equiangular pentagon each side direction turns by the exterior angle 72,72^\circ, so the sides are the vectors skuks_k u_k for k=1,,5,k = 1, \ldots, 5, where uk=(cos72k,sin72k)u_k = (\cos 72k^\circ, \sin 72k^\circ) and kskuk=0.\sum_k s_k u_k = 0. Write Q=sk2=308,Q = \sum s_k^2 = 308, P1=ksksk+1,P_1 = \sum_{k} s_k s_{k+1}, and P2=ksksk+2P_2 = \sum_k s_k s_{k+2} (indices cyclic). Each diagonal is a sum of two consecutive side vectors, so its square is sk+12+sk+22+2sk+1sk+2cos72,s_{k+1}^2 + s_{k+2}^2 + 2 s_{k+1} s_{k+2} \cos 72^\circ, and summing all five gives 800=2Q+2cos72P1,so2cos72P1=800616=184.800 = 2Q + 2\cos 72^\circ \, P_1, \qquad \text{so} \qquad 2\cos 72^\circ \, P_1 = 800 - 616 = 184.

Expanding kskuk2=0,\left|\sum_k s_k u_k\right|^2 = 0, the angle between uku_k and uk+1u_{k+1} is 7272^\circ and between uku_k and uk+2u_{k+2} is 144:144^\circ: 0=Q+2cos72P1+2cos144P2=308+1842cos36P2,0 = Q + 2\cos 72^\circ \, P_1 + 2\cos 144^\circ \, P_2 = 308 + 184 - 2\cos 36^\circ \, P_2, so 2cos36P2=492.2\cos 36^\circ \, P_2 = 492. Using cos72=514\cos 72^\circ = \frac{\sqrt{5} - 1}{4} and cos36=5+14,\cos 36^\circ = \frac{\sqrt{5} + 1}{4}, we get 2P1=184cos72=184(5+1)2P_1 = \frac{184}{\cos 72^\circ} = 184\left(\sqrt{5} + 1\right) and 2P2=492cos36=492(51).2P_2 = \frac{492}{\cos 36^\circ} = 492\left(\sqrt{5} - 1\right).

The square of the perimeter is (sk)2=Q+2P1+2P2=308+1845+184+4925492=6765.\left(\sum s_k\right)^2 = Q + 2P_1 + 2P_2 = 308 + 184\sqrt{5} + 184 + 492\sqrt{5} - 492 = 676\sqrt{5}. Therefore m+n=676+5=681.m + n = 676 + 5 = 681.

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