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1.

Quadratic polynomials P(x)P(x) and Q(x)Q(x) have leading coefficients of 22 and 2,-2, respectively. The graphs of both polynomials pass through the two points (16,54)(16, 54) and (20,53).(20, 53). Find P(0)+Q(0).P(0) + Q(0).

Concepts:polynomiallinear equation

Difficulty rating: 1890

Solution:

Let R(x)=P(x)+Q(x).R(x) = P(x) + Q(x). The leading coefficients 22 and 2-2 cancel, so RR is a linear function. Since both graphs pass through (16,54)(16, 54) and (20,53),(20, 53), we get R(16)=108R(16) = 108 and R(20)=106.R(20) = 106.

The slope of RR is 1061082016=12,\frac{106 - 108}{20 - 16} = -\frac{1}{2}, so P(0)+Q(0)=R(0)=R(16)+1612=108+8=116.P(0) + Q(0) = R(0) = R(16) + 16 \cdot \frac{1}{2} = 108 + 8 = 116.

2.

Find the three-digit positive integer abc\underline{a}\,\underline{b}\,\underline{c} whose representation in base nine is bcanine,\underline{b}\,\underline{c}\,\underline{a}_{\,\text{nine}}, where a,a, b,b, and cc are (not necessarily distinct) digits.

Difficulty rating: 1950

Solution:

The condition says 100a+10b+c=81b+9c+a,100a + 10b + c = 81b + 9c + a, which simplifies to 99a=71b+8c.99a = 71b + 8c. Since the digits also appear in a base-nine numeral, each is at most 8.8. Reducing modulo 88 gives 3ab(mod8),3a \equiv -b \pmod 8, so b5a(mod8).b \equiv 5a \pmod 8.

For a=1,a = 1, b=5b = 5 makes 71b71b exceed 99;99; for a=2,a = 2, b=2b = 2 gives 8c=198142=56,8c = 198 - 142 = 56, so c=7.c = 7. For each a3,a \ge 3, the required bb forces 99a71b99a - 71b outside the range [0,64],[0, 64], so there is no other solution.

The number is 227,227, and indeed 227=281+79+2=272nine.227 = 2 \cdot 81 + 7 \cdot 9 + 2 = 272_{\text{nine}}.

3.

In isosceles trapezoid ABCD,ABCD, parallel bases AB\overline{AB} and CD\overline{CD} have lengths 500500 and 650,650, respectively, and AD=BC=333.AD = BC = 333. The angle bisectors of A\angle A and D\angle D meet at P,P, and the angle bisectors of B\angle B and C\angle C meet at Q.Q. Find PQ.PQ.

Difficulty rating: 2390

Solution:

Let the bisector of A\angle A meet CD\overline{CD} at A.A'. Since ABCD,\overline{AB} \parallel \overline{CD}, we have DAA=AAB=AAD,\angle DA'A = \angle A'AB = \angle A'AD, so triangle ADAADA' is isosceles with DA=DA=333.DA' = DA = 333. The bisector of D\angle D is then the median from DD in this triangle, so P,P, which lies on both bisectors, is the midpoint of AA.\overline{AA'}. Symmetrically, QQ is the midpoint of BB,\overline{BB'}, where BB' is on CD\overline{CD} with CB=333.CB' = 333.

Place D=(0,0)D = (0, 0) and C=(650,0),C = (650, 0), so A=(75,h)A = (75, h) and B=(575,h)B = (575, h) for the appropriate height h.h. Then A=(333,0)A' = (333, 0) and B=(650333,0)=(317,0),B' = (650 - 333, 0) = (317, 0), so P=(75+3332,h2)=(204,h2),Q=(575+3172,h2)=(446,h2).P = \left(\frac{75 + 333}{2}, \frac{h}{2}\right) = \left(204, \frac{h}{2}\right), \qquad Q = \left(\frac{575 + 317}{2}, \frac{h}{2}\right) = \left(446, \frac{h}{2}\right).

Therefore PQ=446204=242.PQ = 446 - 204 = 242.

4.

Let w=3+i2w = \frac{\sqrt{3} + i}{2} and z=1+i32,z = \frac{-1 + i\sqrt{3}}{2}, where i=1.i = \sqrt{-1}. Find the number of ordered pairs (r,s)(r, s) of positive integers not exceeding 100100 that satisfy the equation iwr=zs.i \cdot w^r = z^s.

Solution:

Both ww and zz have modulus 1:1: in polar form w=cis30w = \operatorname{cis} 30^\circ and z=cis120,z = \operatorname{cis} 120^\circ, while i=cis90.i = \operatorname{cis} 90^\circ. The equation iwr=zsi \cdot w^r = z^s is therefore a statement about arguments: 90+30r120s(mod360),i.e.r+34s(mod12).90 + 30r \equiv 120s \pmod{360}, \qquad \text{i.e.} \qquad r + 3 \equiv 4s \pmod{12}.

For each s,s, this determines r(mod12):r \pmod{12}: the residue 4s34s - 3 is 1,1, 5,5, or 99 modulo 1212 according as s1,s \equiv 1, 2,2, or 0(mod3).0 \pmod 3. Among 1r1001 \le r \le 100 there are 99 values with r1(mod12)r \equiv 1 \pmod{12} and 88 values each with r5r \equiv 5 or r9(mod12).r \equiv 9 \pmod{12}. Among 1s1001 \le s \le 100 there are 3434 values with s1(mod3)s \equiv 1 \pmod 3 and 3333 values in each of the other two classes.

The count is 349+338+338=306+264+264=834.34 \cdot 9 + 33 \cdot 8 + 33 \cdot 8 = 306 + 264 + 264 = 834.

5.

A straight river that is 264264 meters wide flows from west to east at a rate of 1414 meters per minute. Melanie and Sherry sit on the south bank of the river with Melanie a distance of DD meters downstream from Sherry. Relative to the water, Melanie swims at 8080 meters per minute, and Sherry swims at 6060 meters per minute. At the same time, Melanie and Sherry begin swimming in straight lines to a point on the north bank of the river that is equidistant from their starting positions. The two women arrive at this point simultaneously. Find D.D.

Solution:

Put Sherry at the origin and Melanie at (D,0)(D, 0) on the south bank. A point on the north bank equidistant from both is (D2,264).\left(\frac{D}{2}, 264\right). If both arrive at time t,t, then each swimmer's velocity relative to the water is her ground velocity minus the current (14,0),(14, 0), so (D2t14)2+(264t)2=602,(D2t14)2+(264t)2=802.\left(\frac{D}{2t} - 14\right)^2 + \left(\frac{264}{t}\right)^2 = 60^2, \qquad \left(-\frac{D}{2t} - 14\right)^2 + \left(\frac{264}{t}\right)^2 = 80^2.

Subtracting, with u=D2t:u = \frac{D}{2t}: (u+14)2(u14)2=56u=64003600=2800,(u + 14)^2 - (u - 14)^2 = 56u = 6400 - 3600 = 2800, so u=50.u = 50. Substituting back, (5014)2+(264t)2=3600(50 - 14)^2 + \left(\frac{264}{t}\right)^2 = 3600 gives 264t=48,\frac{264}{t} = 48, so t=112.t = \frac{11}{2}.

Therefore D=2ut=100t=550.D = 2ut = 100t = 550.

6.

Find the number of ordered pairs of integers (a,b)(a, b) such that the sequence 3,4,5,a,b,30,40,503, 4, 5, a, b, 30, 40, 50 is strictly increasing and no set of four (not necessarily consecutive) terms forms an arithmetic progression.

Solution:

The sequence is increasing exactly when 5<a<b<30,5 \lt a \lt b \lt 30, giving (242)=276\binom{24}{2} = 276 pairs. The six fixed terms contain no four-term arithmetic progression, so every progression must involve aa or b.b. If only one of them is involved, three fixed terms must already be in progression: 3,4,53, 4, 5 extends only by 6,6, and 30,40,5030, 40, 50 extends only by 20.20. So the single-variable violations are a=6a = 6 (2323 pairs) and 20{a,b}20 \in \{a, b\} (2323 pairs), which overlap in the pair (6,20).(6, 20).

If both aa and bb are involved, two fixed terms complete the progression. Checking the possible positions: (4,5,a,b)(4, 5, a, b) gives (6,7);(6, 7); (3,5,a,b)(3, 5, a, b) gives (7,9);(7, 9); (3,a,b,30)(3, a, b, 30) gives (12,21);(12, 21); (4,a,b,40)(4, a, b, 40) gives (16,28);(16, 28); (5,a,b,50)(5, a, b, 50) gives (20,35),(20, 35), out of range; and (a,b,30,40)(a, b, 30, 40) gives (10,20).(10, 20). Of these, (6,7)(6, 7) and (10,20)(10, 20) are already counted, so (7,9),(7, 9), (12,21),(12, 21), and (16,28)(16, 28) are the only new bad pairs.

The number of valid pairs is 276(23+231)3=27648=228.276 - (23 + 23 - 1) - 3 = 276 - 48 = 228.

7.

Let a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,ia, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i be distinct integers from 11 to 9.9. The minimum possible positive value of abcdefghi\frac{a \cdot b \cdot c - d \cdot e \cdot f}{g \cdot h \cdot i} can be written as mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Solution:

Try to make the numerator equal to 11 while keeping large digits in the denominator. The products 236=362 \cdot 3 \cdot 6 = 36 and 157=351 \cdot 5 \cdot 7 = 35 differ by 11 and leave 4,8,94, 8, 9 for the denominator, giving the value 3635489=1288.\frac{36 - 35}{4 \cdot 8 \cdot 9} = \frac{1}{288}.

To beat this, a fraction would need numerator 11 with denominator greater than 288.288. The denominators exceeding 288288 are {7,8,9},\{7,8,9\}, {6,8,9},\{6,8,9\}, {5,8,9},\{5,8,9\}, {6,7,9},\{6,7,9\}, {5,7,9},\{5,7,9\}, and {6,7,8}.\{6,7,8\}. Splitting the remaining six digits into two triples in each case, the closest product pairs are 3030 and 24,24, 3030 and 28,28, 3636 and 28,28, 3030 and 28,28, 3636 and 32,32, and 3636 and 30,30, respectively — differences of at least 2,2, and even 2432=1216\frac{2}{432} = \frac{1}{216} exceeds 1288.\frac{1}{288}.

So the minimum positive value is 1288,\frac{1}{288}, and m+n=1+288=289.m + n = 1 + 288 = 289.

8.

Equilateral triangle ABC\triangle ABC is inscribed in circle ω\omega with radius 18.18. Circle ωA\omega_A is tangent to sides AB\overline{AB} and AC\overline{AC} and is internally tangent to ω.\omega. Circles ωB\omega_B and ωC\omega_C are defined analogously. Circles ωA,\omega_A, ωB,\omega_B, and ωC\omega_C meet in six points — two points for each pair of circles. The three intersection points closest to the vertices of ABC\triangle ABC are the vertices of a large equilateral triangle in the interior of ABC,\triangle ABC, and the other three intersection points are the vertices of a smaller equilateral triangle in the interior of ABC.\triangle ABC. The side length of the smaller equilateral triangle can be written as ab,\sqrt{a} - \sqrt{b}, where aa and bb are positive integers. Find a+b.a + b.

Solution:

Let OO be the center of ω.\omega. The center of ωA\omega_A lies on line AOAO (the bisector of A\angle A) at some distance dd from A;A; since AB\overline{AB} makes a 3030^\circ angle with AO,AO, the radius is r=dsin30=d2.r = d \sin 30^\circ = \frac{d}{2}. Internal tangency to ω\omega requires the center to be 18r18 - r from O,O, which forces the center past O:O: d18=18d2,d - 18 = 18 - \frac{d}{2}, so d=24,d = 24, r=12,r = 12, and the center is 66 beyond O.O.

Place OO at the origin with A=(0,18).A = (0, 18). Then the three centers are OA=(0,6)O_A = (0, -6) and OB,OC=(±33,3),O_B, O_C = (\pm 3\sqrt{3}, 3), all with radius 12.12. The intersections of ωB\omega_B and ωC\omega_C lie on the yy-axis: 27+(y3)2=14427 + (y - 3)^2 = 144 gives y=3±117.y = 3 \pm \sqrt{117}. The point (0,3+117)(0, 3 + \sqrt{117}) is closer to AA and belongs to the larger triangle, so the smaller triangle has vertex (0,3117),(0, 3 - \sqrt{117}), at distance 1173\sqrt{117} - 3 from O.O.

By symmetry the smaller triangle is equilateral with circumradius 1173,\sqrt{117} - 3, so its side is 3(1173)=35127.\sqrt{3}\left(\sqrt{117} - 3\right) = \sqrt{351} - \sqrt{27}. Thus a+b=351+27=378.a + b = 351 + 27 = 378.

9.

Ellina has twelve blocks, two each of red (R\textbf{R}), blue (B\textbf{B}), yellow (Y\textbf{Y}), green (G\textbf{G}), orange (O\textbf{O}), and purple (P\textbf{P}). Call an arrangement of blocks even if there is an even number of blocks between each pair of blocks of the same color. For example, the arrangement R B B Y G G Y R O P P O\textbf{R B B Y G G Y R O P P O} is even. Ellina arranges her blocks in a row in random order. The probability that her arrangement is even is mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Difficulty rating: 2450

Solution:

If a color occupies positions i<j,i \lt j, the number of blocks between them is ji1,j - i - 1, which is even exactly when ii and jj have opposite parity. So an arrangement is even precisely when every color occupies one odd position and one even position — that is, the six odd slots contain each color exactly once, and so do the six even slots.

Counting arrangements of the twelve blocks (blocks of the same color identical), there are 12!26\frac{12!}{2^6} in total, and 6!6!6! \cdot 6! even ones (a permutation of the six colors in the odd slots and another in the even slots). The probability is 6!6!2612!=16231.\frac{6! \cdot 6! \cdot 2^6}{12!} = \frac{16}{231}.

Since gcd(16,231)=1,\gcd(16, 231) = 1, the answer is m+n=16+231=247.m + n = 16 + 231 = 247.

10.

Three spheres with radii 11,11, 13,13, and 1919 are mutually externally tangent. A plane intersects the spheres in three congruent circles centered at A,A, B,B, and C,C, respectively, and the centers of the spheres all lie on the same side of this plane. Suppose that AB2=560.AB^2 = 560. Find AC2.AC^2.

Difficulty rating: 2560

Solution:

Let the sphere centers be at heights h1,h2,h3h_1, h_2, h_3 above the plane. Each circle's center is the foot of the perpendicular from the sphere's center, and the common circle radius ρ\rho satisfies ρ2=112h12=132h22=192h32.\rho^2 = 11^2 - h_1^2 = 13^2 - h_2^2 = 19^2 - h_3^2.

The first two spheres are tangent, so their centers are 11+13=2411 + 13 = 24 apart, and projecting onto the plane, AB2=242(h2h1)2.AB^2 = 24^2 - (h_2 - h_1)^2. Thus (h2h1)2=576560=16.(h_2 - h_1)^2 = 576 - 560 = 16. Congruence gives h22h12=169121=48,h_2^2 - h_1^2 = 169 - 121 = 48, so h2h1=4h_2 - h_1 = 4 and h2+h1=12h_2 + h_1 = 12 (the other sign gives a negative sum), yielding h1=4,h_1 = 4, h2=8,h_2 = 8, and ρ2=12116=105.\rho^2 = 121 - 16 = 105. Then h32=361105=256,h_3^2 = 361 - 105 = 256, so h3=16.h_3 = 16.

The first and third centers are 11+19=3011 + 19 = 30 apart, so AC2=302(h3h1)2=900144=756.AC^2 = 30^2 - (h_3 - h_1)^2 = 900 - 144 = 756.

11.

Let ABCDABCD be a parallelogram with BAD<90.\angle BAD \lt 90^\circ. A circle tangent to sides DA,\overline{DA}, AB,\overline{AB}, and BC\overline{BC} intersects diagonal AC\overline{AC} at points PP and QQ with AP<AQ,AP \lt AQ, as shown. Suppose that AP=3,AP = 3, PQ=9,PQ = 9, and QC=16.QC = 16. Then the area of ABCDABCD can be expressed in the form 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:

By power of a point, APAQ=312=36AP \cdot AQ = 3 \cdot 12 = 36 and CQCP=1625=400,CQ \cdot CP = 16 \cdot 25 = 400, so the tangent lengths from AA and CC are 66 and 20.20. The tangent point on AB\overline{AB} is 66 from A,A, hence AB6AB - 6 from B;B; equal tangents from BB put the tangent point on BC\overline{BC} at that same distance from B,B, so its distance from CC is BC(AB6)=20,BC - (AB - 6) = 20, giving BC=AB+14.BC = AB + 14.

Let BAD=2θ.\angle BAD = 2\theta. The center lies on the bisector of A\angle A with the tangent length from AA equal to 6,6, so the radius is ρ=6tanθ.\rho = 6\tan\theta. The circle is tangent to both parallel lines ADAD and BC,BC, whose distance apart is ABsin2θ,AB \sin 2\theta, so ABsin2θ=2ρ=12tanθ,AB \sin 2\theta = 2\rho = 12 \tan\theta, which simplifies to ABcos2θ=6.AB \cos^2\theta = 6. In triangle ABC,ABC, ABC=1802θ\angle ABC = 180^\circ - 2\theta and AC=3+9+16=28,AC = 3 + 9 + 16 = 28, so the law of cosines gives 784=AB2+BC2+2ABBCcos2θ.784 = AB^2 + BC^2 + 2 \cdot AB \cdot BC \cos 2\theta. Substituting BC=AB+14BC = AB + 14 and cos2θ=2cos2θ1,\cos 2\theta = 2\cos^2\theta - 1, the AB2AB^2 terms cancel and, using ABcos2θ=6,AB\cos^2\theta = 6, the equation collapses to 24AB+336+196=784,24\,AB + 336 + 196 = 784, so AB=212AB = \frac{21}{2} and cos2θ=47.\cos^2\theta = \frac{4}{7}.

Then sin2θ=23747=437,\sin 2\theta = 2\sqrt{\frac{3}{7}}\sqrt{\frac{4}{7}} = \frac{4\sqrt{3}}{7}, and the area is ABBCsin2θ=212492437=1473,AB \cdot BC \sin 2\theta = \frac{21}{2} \cdot \frac{49}{2} \cdot \frac{4\sqrt{3}}{7} = 147\sqrt{3}, so m+n=147+3=150.m + n = 147 + 3 = 150.

12.

For any finite set X,X, let X|X| denote the number of elements in X.X. Define Sn=AB,S_n = \sum |A \cap B|, where the sum is taken over all ordered pairs (A,B)(A, B) such that AA and BB are subsets of {1,2,3,,n}\{1, 2, 3, \ldots, n\} with A=B.|A| = |B|. For example, S2=4S_2 = 4 because the sum is taken over the pairs of subsets (A,B){(,),({1},{1}),({1},{2}),({2},{1}),({2},{2}),({1,2},{1,2})},(A, B) \in \left\{(\emptyset, \emptyset), (\{1\}, \{1\}), (\{1\}, \{2\}), (\{2\}, \{1\}), (\{2\}, \{2\}), (\{1, 2\}, \{1, 2\})\right\}, giving S2=0+1+0+0+1+2=4.S_2 = 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 2 = 4. Let S2022S2021=pq,\frac{S_{2022}}{S_{2021}} = \frac{p}{q}, where pp and qq are relatively prime positive integers. Find the remainder when p+qp + q is divided by 1000.1000.

Solution:

Count element by element: SnS_n equals the number of triples (x,A,B)(x, A, B) with A=B|A| = |B| and xAB.x \in A \cap B. For a fixed xx and size k,k, there are (n1k1)\binom{n-1}{k-1} choices for each of AA and BB containing x,x, so by the Vandermonde identity Sn=nk=1n(n1k1)2=n(2n2n1).S_n = n \sum_{k=1}^{n} \binom{n-1}{k-1}^2 = n\binom{2n-2}{n-1}.

Therefore S2022S2021=2022(40422021)2021(40402020)=202220214042404120212=22022404120212.\frac{S_{2022}}{S_{2021}} = \frac{2022\binom{4042}{2021}}{2021\binom{4040}{2020}} = \frac{2022}{2021} \cdot \frac{4042 \cdot 4041}{2021^2} = \frac{2 \cdot 2022 \cdot 4041}{2021^2}. Since 2021=43472021 = 43 \cdot 47 divides neither 2022,2022, 4041=32449,4041 = 3^2 \cdot 449, nor 2,2, this fraction is in lowest terms: p=220224041=16341804p = 2 \cdot 2022 \cdot 4041 = 16341804 and q=20212=4084441.q = 2021^2 = 4084441.

Then p+q=20426245,p + q = 20426245, whose remainder modulo 10001000 is 245.245.

13.

Let SS be the set of all rational numbers that can be expressed as a repeating decimal in the form 0.abcd,0.\overline{abcd}, where at least one of the digits a,a, b,b, c,c, or dd is nonzero. Let NN be the number of distinct numerators obtained when numbers in SS are written as fractions in lowest terms. For example, both 44 and 410410 are counted among the distinct numerators for numbers in SS because 0.3636=4110.\overline{3636} = \frac{4}{11} and 0.1230=4103333.0.\overline{1230} = \frac{410}{3333}. Find the remainder when NN is divided by 1000.1000.

Solution:

Every element of SS equals k9999\frac{k}{9999} for some 1k9999,1 \le k \le 9999, where 9999=3211101.9999 = 3^2 \cdot 11 \cdot 101. In lowest terms this is mD\frac{m}{D} where D9999,D \mid 9999, mD,m \le D, and gcd(m,D)=1;\gcd(m, D) = 1; conversely any such mD\frac{m}{D} arises from k=m9999D.k = m \cdot \frac{9999}{D}. So NN counts the integers mm that are at most, and coprime to, some divisor DD of 9999.9999.

Classify mm by which of the primes 3,11,1013, 11, 101 divide it, always using the largest divisor DD coprime to m.m. If gcd(m,9999)=1,\gcd(m, 9999) = 1, take D=9999:D = 9999: there are φ(9999)=6000\varphi(9999) = 6000 such m.m. If 3m3 \mid m only, take D=11101=1111:D = 11 \cdot 101 = 1111: multiples of 33 up to 11111111 avoiding 1111 and 101101 number 370333=334.370 - 33 - 3 = 334. If 11m11 \mid m only, take D=9101=909:D = 9 \cdot 101 = 909: that gives 8227=55.82 - 27 = 55. If 101m101 \mid m only, then D=99<101D = 99 \lt 101 admits none. If 33m33 \mid m but 101m,101 \nmid m, take D=101:D = 101: the values 33,66,9933, 66, 99 give 33 more, and any mm divisible by 31013 \cdot 101 or 1110111 \cdot 101 would need D11,D \le 11, which is impossible.

Therefore N=6000+334+55+3=6392,N = 6000 + 334 + 55 + 3 = 6392, and the remainder modulo 10001000 is 392.392.

14.

Given ABC\triangle ABC and a point PP on one of its sides, call line \ell the splitting line of ABC\triangle ABC through PP if \ell passes through PP and divides ABC\triangle ABC into two polygons of equal perimeter. Let ABC\triangle ABC be a triangle where BC=219BC = 219 and ABAB and ACAC are positive integers. Let MM and NN be the midpoints of AB\overline{AB} and AC,\overline{AC}, respectively, and suppose that the splitting lines of ABC\triangle ABC through MM and NN intersect at 30.30^\circ. Find the perimeter of ABC.\triangle ABC.

Difficulty rating: 3500

Solution:

Write a=BC=219,a = BC = 219, b=CA,b = CA, c=AB,c = AB, and ss for the semiperimeter. The splitting line through MM meets BC\overline{BC} at the point XX with BX=sc2BX = s - \frac{c}{2} (then each piece has perimeter ss). In triangle BMX,BMX, the law of sines shows BXM=C2:\angle BXM = \frac{C}{2}: this needs csin(B+C2)=(a+b)sinC2,c \sin\left(B + \frac{C}{2}\right) = (a + b)\sin\frac{C}{2}, which reduces via a+b=2R(sinA+sinB)=4RcosC2cosAB2a + b = 2R(\sin A + \sin B) = 4R\cos\frac{C}{2}\cos\frac{A - B}{2} and c=4RsinC2cosC2c = 4R \sin\frac{C}{2}\cos\frac{C}{2} to sin(B+C2)=cosAB2,\sin\left(B + \frac{C}{2}\right) = \cos\frac{A - B}{2}, true because those angles are complementary. Hence the splitting line through MM is parallel to the angle bisector from C,C, and likewise the one through NN is parallel to the bisector from B.B.

The internal bisectors from BB and CC meet at 90+A2>90,90^\circ + \frac{A}{2} \gt 90^\circ, so the acute angle between the two splitting lines is 90A2=30,90^\circ - \frac{A}{2} = 30^\circ, forcing A=120.\angle A = 120^\circ. The law of cosines gives 2192=b2+c2+bc=(b+c)2bc.219^2 = b^2 + c^2 + bc = (b + c)^2 - bc. Set p=b+c,p = b + c, so bc=p22192bc = p^2 - 219^2 and b,cb, c are roots of t2pt+(p22192),t^2 - pt + (p^2 - 219^2), requiring 421923p24 \cdot 219^2 - 3p^2 to be a perfect square k2.k^2. Then 3k3 \mid k and 3p;3 \mid p; writing p=3rp = 3r and k=3mk = 3m turns the condition into m2+3r2=1462.m^2 + 3r^2 = 146^2. The triangle inequality p>219p \gt 219 and 421923p24 \cdot 219^2 \ge 3p^2 restrict 74r84,74 \le r \le 84, and checking these, only r=80r = 80 works, with m=46.m = 46.

So b+c=240b + c = 240 and bc=240247961=9639,bc = 240^2 - 47961 = 9639, giving {b,c}={51,189}\{b, c\} = \{51, 189\} — a valid triangle. The perimeter is 219+240=459.219 + 240 = 459.

15.

Let x,x, y,y, and zz be positive real numbers satisfying the system of equations 2xxy+2yxy=1\sqrt{2x - xy} + \sqrt{2y - xy} = 1 2yyz+2zyz=2\sqrt{2y - yz} + \sqrt{2z - yz} = \sqrt{2} 2zzx+2xzx=3.\sqrt{2z - zx} + \sqrt{2x - zx} = \sqrt{3}. Then [(1x)(1y)(1z)]2\left[(1 - x)(1 - y)(1 - z)\right]^2 can be written as mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Solution:

Each radicand factors: 2xxy=x(2y),2x - xy = x(2 - y), and so on, so 0<x,y,z2.0 \lt x, y, z \le 2. Substitute x=2sin2α,x = 2\sin^2\alpha, y=2sin2β,y = 2\sin^2\beta, z=2sin2γz = 2\sin^2\gamma with α,β,γ(0,90].\alpha, \beta, \gamma \in \left(0^\circ, 90^\circ\right]. Then x(2y)=4sin2αcos2β=2sinαcosβ,\sqrt{x(2 - y)} = \sqrt{4\sin^2\alpha\cos^2\beta} = 2\sin\alpha\cos\beta, and each equation collapses by the sine addition formula: 2sin(α+β)=1,2sin(β+γ)=2,2sin(γ+α)=3.2\sin(\alpha + \beta) = 1, \qquad 2\sin(\beta + \gamma) = \sqrt{2}, \qquad 2\sin(\gamma + \alpha) = \sqrt{3}.

Taking α+β=30,\alpha + \beta = 30^\circ, β+γ=45,\beta + \gamma = 45^\circ, γ+α=60\gamma + \alpha = 60^\circ and solving, α=22.5,\alpha = 22.5^\circ, β=7.5,\beta = 7.5^\circ, γ=37.5.\gamma = 37.5^\circ. (The supplementary branch choices consistent with the angle ranges lead to the same value of the final square.) By the double-angle identity, 1x=cos2α=cos45,1 - x = \cos 2\alpha = \cos 45^\circ, 1y=cos15,1 - y = \cos 15^\circ, and 1z=cos75.1 - z = \cos 75^\circ.

Therefore (1x)(1y)(1z)=22cos15sin15=22sin302=28,(1 - x)(1 - y)(1 - z) = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\cos 15^\circ \sin 15^\circ = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \cdot \frac{\sin 30^\circ}{2} = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{8}, whose square is 264=132.\frac{2}{64} = \frac{1}{32}. Thus m+n=1+32=33.m + n = 1 + 32 = 33.