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1.

Consider the integer N=9+99+999+9999++9999321 digits.N = 9 + 99 + 999 + 9999 + \cdots + \underbrace{99\ldots99}_{\text{321 digits}}. Find the sum of the digits of N.N.

Concepts:digitsplace value

Difficulty rating: 1890

Solution:

Each summand is 10k1,10^k - 1, so N=k=1321(10k1)=1113210321.N = \sum_{k=1}^{321} \left(10^k - 1\right) = \underbrace{11\ldots1}_{321}0 - 321.

The subtraction changes only the last four digits: 1110321=789,1110 - 321 = 789, so those four digits become 0789.0789. Thus NN consists of 318318 ones followed by 0789,0789, and the digit sum is 318+0+7+8+9=342.318 + 0 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 342.

2.

Jenn randomly chooses a number JJ from 1,2,3,,19,20.1, 2, 3, \ldots, 19, 20. Bela then randomly chooses a number BB from 1,2,3,,19,201, 2, 3, \ldots, 19, 20 distinct from J.J. The value of BJB - J is at least 22 with a probability that can be expressed in the form mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Difficulty rating: 1950

Solution:

There are 2019=38020 \cdot 19 = 380 equally likely ordered pairs (J,B)(J, B) with BJ.B \neq J. The condition BJ+2B \ge J + 2 allows 19J19 - J choices of BB for each J18,J \le 18, so the number of favorable pairs is J=118(19J)=18+17++1=171.\sum_{J=1}^{18} (19 - J) = 18 + 17 + \cdots + 1 = 171.

The probability is 171380=920,\frac{171}{380} = \frac{9}{20}, so m+n=9+20=29.m + n = 9 + 20 = 29.

3.

In PQR,\triangle PQR, PR=15,PR = 15, QR=20,QR = 20, and PQ=25.PQ = 25. Points AA and BB lie on PQ,\overline{PQ}, points CC and DD lie on QR,\overline{QR}, and points EE and FF lie on PR,\overline{PR}, with PA=QB=QC=RD=RE=PF=5.PA = QB = QC = RD = RE = PF = 5. Find the area of hexagon ABCDEF.ABCDEF.

Difficulty rating: 2150

Solution:

Since 152+202=252,15^2 + 20^2 = 25^2, the triangle is right-angled at R,R, and its area is 121520=150.\frac{1}{2} \cdot 15 \cdot 20 = 150. Also sinP=2025=45\sin P = \frac{20}{25} = \frac{4}{5} and sinQ=1525=35.\sin Q = \frac{15}{25} = \frac{3}{5}.

The hexagon is the triangle minus three corner triangles, each with two sides of length 5:5: at P,P, area 125545=10;\frac{1}{2} \cdot 5 \cdot 5 \cdot \frac{4}{5} = 10; at Q,Q, area 125535=152;\frac{1}{2} \cdot 5 \cdot 5 \cdot \frac{3}{5} = \frac{15}{2}; at R,R, area 1255=252.\frac{1}{2} \cdot 5 \cdot 5 = \frac{25}{2}.

Therefore the hexagon has area 15010152252=120.150 - 10 - \frac{15}{2} - \frac{25}{2} = 120.

4.

A soccer team has 2222 available players. A fixed set of 1111 players starts the game, while the other 1111 are available as substitutes. During the game, the coach may make as many as 33 substitutions, where any one of the 1111 players in the game is replaced by one of the substitutes. No player removed from the game may reenter the game, although a substitute entering the game may be replaced later. No two substitutions can happen at the same time. The players involved and the order of the substitutions matter. Let nn be the number of ways the coach can make substitutions during the game (including the possibility of making no substitutions). Find the remainder when nn is divided by 1000.1000.

Difficulty rating: 2350

Solution:

At every moment there are 1111 players in the game, any of whom may be removed, while the bench shrinks by one with each substitution. So the first substitution can be made in 111111 \cdot 11 ways, the second in 111011 \cdot 10 ways, and the third in 11911 \cdot 9 ways.

Summing over 0,1,2,0, 1, 2, or 33 substitutions, n=1+1111+1121110+11311109=1+121+13310+1317690=1331122.n = 1 + 11 \cdot 11 + 11^2 \cdot 11 \cdot 10 + 11^3 \cdot 11 \cdot 10 \cdot 9 = 1 + 121 + 13310 + 1317690 = 1331122. The remainder upon division by 10001000 is 122.122.

5.

A moving particle starts at the point (4,4)(4, 4) and moves until it hits one of the coordinate axes for the first time. When the particle is at the point (a,b),(a, b), it moves at random to one of the points (a1,b),(a - 1, b), (a,b1),(a, b - 1), or (a1,b1),(a - 1, b - 1), each with probability 13,\frac{1}{3}, independently of its previous moves. The probability that it will hit the coordinate axes at (0,0)(0, 0) is m3n,\frac{m}{3^n}, where mm and nn are positive integers, and mm is not divisible by 3.3. Find m+n.m + n.

Solution:

Coordinates never increase, so the first axis point reached is (0,0)(0,0) exactly when the particle reaches (1,1)(1, 1) and then takes the diagonal step. Every path from (4,4)(4,4) to (1,1)(1,1) automatically stays off the axes, since its coordinates remain at least 1.1.

A path from (4,4)(4,4) to (1,1)(1,1) with dd diagonal steps also has 3d3 - d left steps and 3d3 - d down steps, for 6d6 - d steps in all, and there are (6d)!d!(3d)!(3d)!\frac{(6-d)!}{d!\,(3-d)!\,(3-d)!} orderings: 20,30,12,120, 30, 12, 1 for d=0,1,2,3.d = 0, 1, 2, 3. Since a path with 6d6 - d steps has probability (13)6d,\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^{6-d}, the probability of reaching (1,1)(1,1) and then stepping to (0,0)(0,0) is 13(2036+3035+1234+133)=1320+90+108+2736=24537.\frac{1}{3}\left(\frac{20}{3^6} + \frac{30}{3^5} + \frac{12}{3^4} + \frac{1}{3^3}\right) = \frac{1}{3} \cdot \frac{20 + 90 + 108 + 27}{3^6} = \frac{245}{3^7}.

Since 245=572245 = 5 \cdot 7^2 is not divisible by 3,3, we get m+n=245+7=252.m + n = 245 + 7 = 252.

6.

In convex quadrilateral KLMN,KLMN, side MN\overline{MN} is perpendicular to diagonal KM,\overline{KM}, side KL\overline{KL} is perpendicular to diagonal LN,\overline{LN}, MN=65,MN = 65, and KL=28.KL = 28. The line through LL perpendicular to side KN\overline{KN} intersects diagonal KM\overline{KM} at OO with KO=8.KO = 8. Find MO.MO.

Difficulty rating: 2600

Solution:

Let FF be the foot of the perpendicular from LL to KN,\overline{KN}, so OO lies on segment LF.LF. In right triangle KLNKLN (right angle at LL), the altitude LFLF to the hypotenuse gives the geometric mean relation KFKN=KL2=282=784.KF \cdot KN = KL^2 = 28^2 = 784.

Triangles KFOKFO and KMNKMN share angle K,K, and KFO=90=KMN,\angle KFO = 90^\circ = \angle KMN, so they are similar. Hence KFKM=KOKN,\frac{KF}{KM} = \frac{KO}{KN}, that is, KOKM=KFKN=784.KO \cdot KM = KF \cdot KN = 784. With KO=8KO = 8 this gives KM=98,KM = 98, so MO=KMKO=988=90.MO = KM - KO = 98 - 8 = 90.

7.

There are positive integers xx and yy that satisfy the system of equations log10x+2log10(gcd(x,y))=60\log_{10} x + 2\log_{10}(\gcd(x, y)) = 60 log10y+2log10(lcm(x,y))=570.\log_{10} y + 2\log_{10}(\operatorname{lcm}(x, y)) = 570. Let mm be the number of (not necessarily distinct) prime factors in the prime factorization of x,x, and let nn be the number of (not necessarily distinct) prime factors in the prime factorization of y.y. Find 3m+2n.3m + 2n.

Solution:

The equations say xgcd(x,y)2=1060x \cdot \gcd(x,y)^2 = 10^{60} and ylcm(x,y)2=10570,y \cdot \operatorname{lcm}(x,y)^2 = 10^{570}, so xx and yy are products of the primes 22 and 55 only. Fix one of these primes and let aa and bb be its exponents in xx and y.y. Since the gcd takes the smaller exponent and the lcm the larger, a+2min(a,b)=60,b+2max(a,b)=570.a + 2\min(a, b) = 60, \qquad b + 2\max(a, b) = 570.

If a>b,a \gt b, then a+2b=60a + 2b = 60 and b+2a=570;b + 2a = 570; adding gives a+b=210,a + b = 210, and subtracting gives ab=510,a - b = 510, forcing b<0,b \lt 0, impossible. So ab,a \le b, and the equations become 3a=603a = 60 and 3b=570,3b = 570, giving a=20a = 20 and b=190b = 190 for both primes.

Thus x=220520x = 2^{20} 5^{20} and y=21905190,y = 2^{190} 5^{190}, so m=40,m = 40, n=380,n = 380, and 3m+2n=120+760=880.3m + 2n = 120 + 760 = 880.

8.

Let xx be a real number such that sin10x+cos10x=1136.\sin^{10} x + \cos^{10} x = \frac{11}{36}. Then sin12x+cos12x=mn,\sin^{12} x + \cos^{12} x = \frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Solution:

Let u=sin2xu = \sin^2 x and v=cos2x,v = \cos^2 x, so u+v=1,u + v = 1, and set p=uv.p = uv. Expanding (u+v)5(u+v)^5 gives u5+v5=15p(u+v)3+5p2(u+v)=15p+5p2,u^5 + v^5 = 1 - 5p(u+v)^3 + 5p^2(u+v) = 1 - 5p + 5p^2, so the hypothesis reads 15p+5p2=113636p236p+5=0,1 - 5p + 5p^2 = \frac{11}{36} \quad\Longrightarrow\quad 36p^2 - 36p + 5 = 0, with roots p=16p = \frac{1}{6} and p=56.p = \frac{5}{6}. Since p=sin2xcos2x=14sin22x14,p = \sin^2 x \cos^2 x = \frac{1}{4}\sin^2 2x \le \frac{1}{4}, we must have p=16.p = \frac{1}{6}.

Similarly u6+v6=(u2+v2)33p2(u2+v2)=(12p)33p2(12p)=16p+9p22p3.u^6 + v^6 = (u^2 + v^2)^3 - 3p^2(u^2+v^2) = (1 - 2p)^3 - 3p^2(1 - 2p) = 1 - 6p + 9p^2 - 2p^3. Substituting p=16,p = \frac{1}{6}, u6+v6=11+141108=26108=1354,u^6 + v^6 = 1 - 1 + \frac{1}{4} - \frac{1}{108} = \frac{26}{108} = \frac{13}{54}, so m+n=13+54=67.m + n = 13 + 54 = 67.

9.

Let τ(n)\tau(n) denote the number of positive integer divisors of n.n. Find the sum of the six least positive integers nn that are solutions to τ(n)+τ(n+1)=7.\tau(n) + \tau(n + 1) = 7.

Difficulty rating: 2740

Solution:

Since 7=2+5=3+4,7 = 2 + 5 = 3 + 4, one of τ(n),τ(n+1)\tau(n), \tau(n+1) equals 33 or 5,5, and τ=3\tau = 3 means a prime square p2p^2 while τ=5\tau = 5 means a prime fourth power p4.p^4. So one of n,n+1n, n+1 lies in {4,9,25,49,121,169,289,361,}{16,81,625,},\{4, 9, 25, 49, 121, 169, 289, 361, \ldots\} \cup \{16, 81, 625, \ldots\}, and its neighbor must have τ=4\tau = 4 (for a square) or be prime (for a fourth power).

Checking neighbors in increasing order: n=8n = 8 works (τ(8)=4,(\tau(8) = 4, τ(9)=3);\tau(9) = 3); n=9n = 9 works (τ(10)=4);(\tau(10) = 4); n=16n = 16 works (τ(16)=5,(\tau(16) = 5, 1717 prime);); n=25n = 25 works (τ(26)=4).(\tau(26) = 4). Then 49,81,169,49, 81, 169, and 289289 all fail: τ(48)=10,\tau(48) = 10, τ(50)=6,\tau(50) = 6, τ(80)=10,\tau(80) = 10, 8282 is not prime, τ(168)=16,\tau(168) = 16, τ(170)=8,\tau(170) = 8, τ(288)=18,\tau(288) = 18, τ(290)=8.\tau(290) = 8. Next, n=121n = 121 works (τ(122)=4)(\tau(122) = 4) and n=361n = 361 works (τ(362)=4).(\tau(362) = 4).

The six least solutions are 8,9,16,25,121,361,8, 9, 16, 25, 121, 361, with sum 540.540.

10.

For distinct complex numbers z1,z2,,z673,z_1, z_2, \ldots, z_{673}, the polynomial (xz1)3(xz2)3(xz673)3(x - z_1)^3 (x - z_2)^3 \cdots (x - z_{673})^3 can be expressed as x2019+20x2018+19x2017+g(x),x^{2019} + 20x^{2018} + 19x^{2017} + g(x), where g(x)g(x) is a polynomial with complex coefficients and with degree at most 2016.2016. The value of 1j<k673zjzk\left| \sum_{1 \le j \lt k \le 673} z_j z_k \right| can be expressed in the form mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Difficulty rating: 2840

Solution:

The polynomial's 20192019 roots are the numbers zj,z_j, each repeated three times. By Vieta's formulas, the coefficient of x2018x^{2018} is minus the sum of all roots: 3jzj=20,3\sum_j z_j = -20, so jzj=203.\sum_j z_j = -\frac{20}{3}.

The coefficient of x2017x^{2017} is the sum over unordered pairs of roots. A pair may use two copies from one triple ((32)=3\binom{3}{2} = 3 pairs for each jj) or copies from two different triples (33=93 \cdot 3 = 9 pairs for each j<kj \lt k). Writing S=j<kzjzk,S = \sum_{j \lt k} z_j z_k, 19=3jzj2+9S=3[(203)22S]+9S=4003+3S,19 = 3\sum_j z_j^2 + 9S = 3\left[\left(-\tfrac{20}{3}\right)^2 - 2S\right] + 9S = \frac{400}{3} + 3S, so 3S=194003=34333S = 19 - \frac{400}{3} = -\frac{343}{3} and S=3439.S = -\frac{343}{9}.

Hence S=3439,|S| = \frac{343}{9}, which is in lowest terms, and m+n=343+9=352.m + n = 343 + 9 = 352.

11.

In ABC,\triangle ABC, the sides have integer lengths and AB=AC.AB = AC. Circle ω\omega has its center at the incenter of ABC.\triangle ABC. An excircle of ABC\triangle ABC is a circle in the exterior of ABC\triangle ABC that is tangent to one side of the triangle and tangent to the extensions of the other two sides. Suppose that the excircle tangent to BC\overline{BC} is internally tangent to ω,\omega, and the other two excircles are both externally tangent to ω.\omega. Find the minimum possible value of the perimeter of ABC.\triangle ABC.

Solution:

Let BC=aBC = a and AB=AC=b.AB = AC = b. Place B=(a2,0),B = \left(-\frac{a}{2}, 0\right), C=(a2,0),C = \left(\frac{a}{2}, 0\right), A=(0,h)A = (0, h) with h=b2a24,h = \sqrt{b^2 - \frac{a^2}{4}}, so the semiperimeter is s=b+a2s = b + \frac{a}{2} and the area is K=ah2.K = \frac{ah}{2}. The inradius and exradii are r=Ks=aha+2b,r = \frac{K}{s} = \frac{ah}{a + 2b}, rA=Ksa=ah2ba,r_A = \frac{K}{s - a} = \frac{ah}{2b - a}, and rB=Ksb=h.r_B = \frac{K}{s - b} = h. The incenter is I=(0,r)I = (0, r) and the AA-excircle has center (0,rA).(0, -r_A). The BB-excircle touches line BCBC at distance ss from B,B, that is, at x=b,x = b, so its center is (b,h).(b, h).

Internal tangency with the AA-excircle: the center distance is r+rA,r + r_A, so the radius ρ\rho of ω\omega satisfies ρrA=r+rA,\rho - r_A = r + r_A, i.e. ρ=r+2rA.\rho = r + 2r_A. External tangency with the BB-excircle requires b2+(hr)2=(ρ+h)2=(h+r+2rA)2,b^2 + (h - r)^2 = (\rho + h)^2 = (h + r + 2r_A)^2, which rearranges to b2=4(r+rA)(h+rA).b^2 = 4(r + r_A)(h + r_A). Since r+rA=4abh4b2a2andh+rA=2bh2ba,r + r_A = \frac{4abh}{4b^2 - a^2} \qquad \text{and} \qquad h + r_A = \frac{2bh}{2b - a}, and h2=4b2a24,h^2 = \frac{4b^2 - a^2}{4}, the condition becomes b2=8ab22ba,b^2 = \frac{8ab^2}{2b - a}, that is, 2ba=8a,2b - a = 8a, so 2b=9a.2b = 9a.

For integer sides, a=2ta = 2t and b=9tb = 9t for a positive integer t,t, giving perimeter 20t.20t. The minimum is 20,20, achieved by the triangle with sides 9,9,2.9, 9, 2.

12.

Given f(z)=z219z,f(z) = z^2 - 19z, there are complex numbers zz with the property that z,z, f(z),f(z), and f(f(z))f(f(z)) are the vertices of a right triangle in the complex plane with a right angle at f(z).f(z). There are positive integers mm and nn such that one such value of zz is m+n+11i.m + \sqrt{n} + 11i. Find m+n.m + n.

Difficulty rating: 2920

Solution:

Since f(w)w=w(w20),f(w) - w = w(w - 20), the two legs at f(z)f(z) are f(z)z=z(z20),f(f(z))f(z)=f(z)(f(z)20)=z(z19)(z20)(z+1),f(z) - z = z(z - 20), \qquad f(f(z)) - f(z) = f(z)\bigl(f(z) - 20\bigr) = z(z - 19)(z - 20)(z + 1), using f(z)=z(z19)f(z) = z(z - 19) and f(z)20=(z20)(z+1).f(z) - 20 = (z - 20)(z + 1). They are perpendicular exactly when their quotient (z19)(z+1)(z - 19)(z + 1) is purely imaginary and nonzero.

Write z=x+11i.z = x + 11i. The real part of (z19)(z+1)=z218z19(z - 19)(z + 1) = z^2 - 18z - 19 is x212118x19,x^2 - 121 - 18x - 19, so we need x218x140=0,x^2 - 18x - 140 = 0, giving x=9±221.x = 9 \pm \sqrt{221}. The form m+n+11im + \sqrt{n} + 11i with m,nm, n positive integers requires x=9+221.x = 9 + \sqrt{221}.

Hence m+n=9+221=230.m + n = 9 + 221 = 230.

13.

Triangle ABCABC has side lengths AB=4,AB = 4, BC=5,BC = 5, and CA=6.CA = 6. Points DD and EE are on ray ABAB with AB<AD<AE.AB \lt AD \lt AE. The point FCF \neq C is a point of intersection of the circumcircles of ACD\triangle ACD and EBC\triangle EBC satisfying DF=2DF = 2 and EF=7.EF = 7. Then BEBE can be expressed as a+bcd,\frac{a + b\sqrt{c}}{d}, where a,a, b,b, c,c, and dd are positive integers such that aa and dd are relatively prime, and cc is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find a+b+c+d.a + b + c + d.

Solution:

Points D,ED, E lie beyond BB on ray AB,AB, and FF lies on the opposite side of line ABAB from C.C. Since ACFDACFD and BCFEBCFE are cyclic, the inscribed angles give FDA=FCA\angle FDA = \angle FCA and FEB=FCB.\angle FEB = \angle FCB. Writing α=FCA\alpha = \angle FCA and β=FCB,\beta = \angle FCB, triangle DEFDEF has angles FDE=180α\angle FDE = 180^\circ - \alpha and FED=β,\angle FED = \beta, so DFE=αβ=ACB.\angle DFE = \alpha - \beta = \angle ACB. From triangle ABC,ABC, cosACB=25+3616256=34,\cos \angle ACB = \frac{25 + 36 - 16}{2 \cdot 5 \cdot 6} = \frac{3}{4}, so the law of cosines in triangle DFEDFE gives DE2=22+7222734=32,DE=42.DE^2 = 2^2 + 7^2 - 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 7 \cdot \tfrac{3}{4} = 32, \qquad DE = 4\sqrt{2}.

In triangle DFE,DFE, cosFDE=4+32492242=13232,\cos \angle FDE = \frac{4 + 32 - 49}{2 \cdot 2 \cdot 4\sqrt{2}} = -\frac{13\sqrt{2}}{32}, so α\alpha is acute with cosα=13232\cos\alpha = \frac{13\sqrt{2}}{32} and sinα=13381024=71432.\sin\alpha = \sqrt{1 - \frac{338}{1024}} = \frac{7\sqrt{14}}{32}. Let GG be the intersection of line CFCF with line AB.AB. In triangle ACG,ACG, GAC=BAC\angle GAC = \angle BAC has cosBAC=16+3625246=916,\cos \angle BAC = \frac{16 + 36 - 25}{2 \cdot 4 \cdot 6} = \frac{9}{16}, sinBAC=5716,\sin \angle BAC = \frac{5\sqrt{7}}{16}, and ACG=α,\angle ACG = \alpha, so sin(BAC+α)=571613232+91671432=144\sin(\angle BAC + \alpha) = \frac{5\sqrt{7}}{16} \cdot \frac{13\sqrt{2}}{32} + \frac{9}{16} \cdot \frac{7\sqrt{14}}{32} = \frac{\sqrt{14}}{4} and AG=ACsinαsin(BAC+α)=671432144=214.AG = \frac{AC \sin \alpha}{\sin(\angle BAC + \alpha)} = \frac{6 \cdot \frac{7\sqrt{14}}{32}} {\frac{\sqrt{14}}{4}} = \frac{21}{4}.

Line CFCF is the radical axis of the two circles, so GAGD=GBGE.GA \cdot GD = GB \cdot GE. With x=BDx = BD and BE=x+DE=x+42:BE = x + DE = x + 4\sqrt{2}: 214(x54)=54(x54+42),\frac{21}{4}\left(x - \frac{5}{4}\right) = \frac{5}{4}\left(x - \frac{5}{4} + 4\sqrt{2}\right), since GD=4+x214GD = 4 + x - \frac{21}{4} and GB=2144.GB = \frac{21}{4} - 4. This gives 16(x54)=202,16\left(x - \frac{5}{4}\right) = 20\sqrt{2}, so x=5+524x = \frac{5 + 5\sqrt{2}}{4} and BE=5+2124.BE = \frac{5 + 21\sqrt{2}}{4}. Therefore a+b+c+d=5+21+2+4=32.a + b + c + d = 5 + 21 + 2 + 4 = 32.

14.

Find the least odd prime factor of 20198+1.2019^8 + 1.

Difficulty rating: 2990

Solution:

Suppose an odd prime pp divides 20198+1.2019^8 + 1. Then 201981(modp),2019^8 \equiv -1 \pmod{p}, so 20191612019^{16} \equiv 1 while 20198≢1:2019^8 \not\equiv 1: the multiplicative order of 20192019 modulo pp is exactly 16.16. Since the order divides p1,p - 1, we need p1(mod16),p \equiv 1 \pmod{16}, and the smallest such primes are 1717 and 97.97.

Modulo 17:17: 201913,2019 \equiv 13, and 132=1691,13^2 = 169 \equiv -1, so 20198(1)4=12019^8 \equiv (-1)^4 = 1 and 20198+120.2019^8 + 1 \equiv 2 \neq 0. Modulo 97:97: 201918,2019 \equiv -18, and squaring repeatedly, 2019232433,20194332=108922,20198222=4841(mod97).2019^2 \equiv 324 \equiv 33, \qquad 2019^4 \equiv 33^2 = 1089 \equiv 22, \qquad 2019^8 \equiv 22^2 = 484 \equiv -1 \pmod{97}.

So 9797 divides 20198+1,2019^8 + 1, and it is the least odd prime factor: 97.97.

15.

Let AB\overline{AB} be a chord of a circle ω,\omega, and let PP be a point on the chord AB.\overline{AB}. Circle ω1\omega_1 passes through AA and PP and is internally tangent to ω.\omega. Circle ω2\omega_2 passes through BB and PP and is internally tangent to ω.\omega. Circles ω1\omega_1 and ω2\omega_2 intersect at points PP and Q.Q. Line PQPQ intersects ω\omega at XX and Y.Y. Assume that AP=5,AP = 5, PB=3,PB = 3, XY=11,XY = 11, and PQ2=mn,PQ^2 = \frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Difficulty rating: 3500

Solution:

Since AA lies on both ω\omega and ω1\omega_1 and internally tangent circles meet only at their point of tangency, ω1\omega_1 is tangent to ω\omega at A;A; likewise ω2\omega_2 is tangent at B.B. Let ZZ be the intersection of the tangent lines to ω\omega at AA and B.B. Each tangent line is also tangent to the corresponding inner circle, so the powers of ZZ with respect to ω1\omega_1 and ω2\omega_2 are ZA2ZA^2 and ZB2,ZB^2, which are equal. Hence ZZ lies on the radical axis PQ,PQ, and along the line through Z,X,P,Q,Y:Z, X, P, Q, Y: ZPZQ=ZA2=ZXZY,ZP \cdot ZQ = ZA^2 = ZX \cdot ZY, the last equality because ZAZA is tangent to ω.\omega.

Because ZA=ZB,ZA = ZB, the point ZZ lies on the perpendicular bisector of AB;\overline{AB}; if MM is the midpoint of AB,\overline{AB}, then ZA2ZP2=MA2MP2=4212=15.ZA^2 - ZP^2 = MA^2 - MP^2 = 4^2 - 1^2 = 15. Also the power of PP in ω\omega gives XPPY=APPB=15.XP \cdot PY = AP \cdot PB = 15. Set s=ZPs = ZP and u=ZX,u = ZX, so ZY=u+11.ZY = u + 11. The relations become u(u+11)=s2+15,(su)(u+11s)=15.u(u + 11) = s^2 + 15, \qquad (s - u)(u + 11 - s) = 15. Expanding the second and substituting the first yields u=s112+15s,u = s - \frac{11}{2} + \frac{15}{s}, and substituting back gives (s+15s)21214=s2+15,\left(s + \frac{15}{s}\right)^2 - \frac{121}{4} = s^2 + 15, so 225s2=614.\frac{225}{s^2} = \frac{61}{4}.

Finally ZQ=ZA2ZP=s+15s,ZQ = \frac{ZA^2}{ZP} = s + \frac{15}{s}, so PQ=ZQZP=15sPQ = ZQ - ZP = \frac{15}{s} and PQ2=225s2=614.PQ^2 = \frac{225}{s^2} = \frac{61}{4}. Therefore m+n=61+4=65.m + n = 61 + 4 = 65.