2023 AIME I Problem 8
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8.
Rhombus has There is a point on the incircle of the rhombus such that the distances from to the lines and are and respectively. Find the perimeter of
Solution:
The distances from an interior point to the parallel lines and add up to the distance between them, the height of the rhombus. So the height is and the incircle, tangent to both lines, has radius Center the incircle at the origin with and Then has -coordinate and gives
Let Line is tangent to the incircle and makes angle with the horizontal, so (orienting the figure suitably) it is and interior points satisfy The condition reads For the left side exceeds so and the equation becomes
Substituting into yields so or The root makes negative, contradicting So the side length is and the perimeter is
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