2000 AIME II Problem 10

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Concepts:incircle, incenter, and inradiustrigonometric identityangle bisector

Difficulty rating: 2990

10.

A circle is inscribed in quadrilateral ABCD,ABCD, tangent to AB\overline{AB} at PP and to CD\overline{CD} at Q.Q. Given that AP=19,AP = 19, PB=26,PB = 26, CQ=37,CQ = 37, and QD=23,QD = 23, find the square of the radius of the circle.

Solution:

Let the incircle have center II and radius r.r. The tangent lengths from A,A, B,B, C,C, DD are 19,19, 26,26, 37,37, 23,23, and II lies on each angle bisector, so the half-angles α,β,γ,δ\alpha, \beta, \gamma, \delta at the four vertices satisfy tanα=r19,\tan\alpha = \frac{r}{19}, tanβ=r26,\tan\beta = \frac{r}{26}, tanγ=r37,\tan\gamma = \frac{r}{37}, tanδ=r23,\tan\delta = \frac{r}{23}, with α+β+γ+δ=180.\alpha + \beta + \gamma + \delta = 180^\circ.

Then tan(α+γ)=tan(β+δ),\tan(\alpha + \gamma) = -\tan(\beta + \delta), and the tangent addition formula turns this into r19+r371r21937=r26+r231r22623,i.e.56r703r2=49rr2598.\frac{\frac{r}{19} + \frac{r}{37}}{1 - \frac{r^2}{19 \cdot 37}} = -\frac{\frac{r}{26} + \frac{r}{23}}{1 - \frac{r^2}{26 \cdot 23}}, \qquad\text{i.e.}\qquad \frac{56r}{703 - r^2} = \frac{49r}{r^2 - 598}.

Cross-multiplying gives 56r256598=4970349r2,56r^2 - 56 \cdot 598 = 49 \cdot 703 - 49r^2, so 105r2=33488+34447=67935105r^2 = 33488 + 34447 = 67935 and r2=647.r^2 = 647.

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