Triangle ABC has positive integer side lengths with AB=AC. Let I be the intersection of the bisectors of ∠B and ∠C. Suppose BI=8. Find the smallest possible perimeter of △ABC.
解析
Solution 1
Let D be the midpoint of BC. Then by SAS Congruence, △ABD≅△ACD, so ∠ADB=∠ADC=90o.
Now let BD=y, AB=x, and ∠IBD=2∠ABD=θ.
Then cos(θ)=8y
and cos(2θ)=xy=2cos2(θ)−1=32y2−32.
Cross-multiplying yields 32y=x(y2−32).
Since x,y>0, y2−32 must be positive, so y>5.5.
Additionally, since △IBD has hypotenuse IB of length 8, BD=y<8.
Therefore, given that BC=2y is an integer, the only possible values for y are 6, 6.5, 7, and 7.5.
However, only one of these values, y=6, yields an integral value for AB=x, so we conclude that y=6 and x=(6)2−3232(6)=48.
Thus the perimeter of △ABC must be 2(x+y)=108.
Solution 2 (No Trig)
Let AB=x and the foot of the altitude from A to BC be point E and BE=y. Since ABC is isosceles, I is on AE. By Pythagorean Theorem, AE=x2−y2. Let IE=a and IA=b. By Angle Bisector theorem, ay=bx. Also, a+b=x2−y2. Solving for a, we get a=1+yxx2−y2. Then, using Pythagorean Theorem on △BEI we have y2+(1+yxx2−y2)2=82=64. Simplifying, we have y2+y2(x+y)2x2−y2=64. Factoring out the y2, we have y2(1+(x+y)2x2−y2)=64. Adding 1 to the fraction and simplifying, we have (x+y)2y2x(x+y)=32. Crossing out the x+y, and solving for x yields 32y=x(y2−32). Then, we continue as Solution 1 does.
Solution 3
Let AB=x, call the midpoint of BC point E, call the point where the incircle meets AB point D,
and let BE=y. We are looking for the minimum value of 2(x+y). AE is an altitude because the triangle
is isosceles. By Pythagoras on BEI, the inradius is 64−y2 and by Pythagoras on ABE, AE is
x2−y2. By equal tangents, BE=BD=y, so AD=x−y. Since ID is an inradius, ID=IE and using pythagoras on ADI yields AI=x2−2xy+64. ADI is similar to AEB by AA, so we
can write x2−2xy+64x−y=xx2−y2. Simplifying, x2−2xy+64x=x−yx+y.
Squaring, subtracting 1 from both sides, and multiplying everything out, we get yx2−2xy2+64y=yx2−32x+32y−xy2, which turns into 32y=x(y2−32). Finish as in Solution 1.
Solution 4
Angle bisectors motivate trig bash. Define angle IBC=x. Foot of perpendicular from I to BC is point P. BC=2BP=2(8cos(x))=N, where N is an integer. Thus, cos(x)=16N. Via double angle, we calculate AB to be 2cos(x)2−18cos(x)=N2−12864N. This is to be an integer. We can bound N now, as N>11 to avoid negative values and N<16 due to triangle inequality. Testing, N=12 works, giving AB=48,BC=12. Our answer is 2∗48+12=108. - whatRthose
Solution 5
Let M be midpoint BC,BM=x,AB=y,∠IBM=α.
BI is the bisector of ∠ABM in △ABM.BI=x+y2xycosα=8,cosα=8x⟹x+yx2y=32.
y=x2−3232x.BC=2x is integer, 5.52<32⟹x≥6.BM<BI⟹x={6,6.5,7,7.5}.