2013 AIME I Problem 12
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12.
Let be a triangle with and A regular hexagon with side length is drawn inside so that side lies on side lies on and one of the remaining vertices lies on There are positive integers and such that the area of can be expressed in the form where and are relatively prime, and is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find
Solution:
Note Because the hexagon's interior angles are segments cut off a corner triangle at with two base angles, so triangle is equilateral and Put at the origin with along the positive -axis. Then and the hexagon's vertices are
Since line has slope If it passed through it would be which puts (with ) outside the triangle; so the vertex on is and is the line It meets the -axis at and the line (line ) where giving height
The area is so
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