Convex pentagon ABCDE has side lengths AB=5, BC=CD=DE=6, and EA=7. Moreover, the pentagon has an inscribed circle (a circle tangent to each side of the pentagon). Find the area of ABCDE.
解析
Solution 1
Assume the incircle touches AB, BC, CD, DE, EA at P,Q,R,S,T respectively. Then let PB=x=BQ=RD=SD, ET=y=ES=CR=CQ, AP=AT=z. So we have x+y=6, x+z=5 and y+z=7, solve it we have x=2, z=3, y=4. Let the center of the incircle be I, by SAS we can proof triangle BIQ is congruent to triangle DIS, and triangle CIR is congruent to triangle SIE. Then we have ∠AED=∠BCD, ∠ABC=∠CDE. Extend CD, cross ray AB at M, ray AE at N, then by AAS we have triangle END is congruent to triangle BMC. Thus ∠M=∠N. Let EN=MC=a, then BM=DN=a+2. So by law of cosine in triangle END and triangle ANM we can obtain
2(a+7)2a+8=cosN=2a(a+2)a2+(a+2)2−36
, solved it gives us a=8, which yield triangle ANM to be a triangle with side length 15, 15, 24, draw a height from A to NM divides it into two triangles with side lengths 9, 12, 15, so the area of triangle ANM is 108. Triangle END is a triangle with side lengths 6, 8, 10, so the area of two of them is 48, so the area of pentagon is 108−48=60.
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Solution 2 (Complex Bash)
Suppose that the circle intersects AB, BC, CD, DE, and EA at P, Q, R, S, and T respectively. Then AT=AP=a, BP=BQ=b, CQ=CR=c, DR=DS=d, and ES=ET=e. So a+b=5, b+c=6, c+d=6, d+e=6, and e+a=7. Then 2a+2b+2c+2d+2e=30, so a+b+c+d+e=15. Then we can solve for each individually. a=3, b=2, c=4, d=2, and e=4. To find the radius, we notice that 4arctan(r2)+4arctan(r4)+2arctan(r3)=360∘, or 2arctan(r2)+2arctan(r4)+arctan(r3)=180∘. Each of these angles in this could be represented by complex numbers. When two complex numbers are multiplied, their angles add up to create the angle of the resulting complex number. Thus, (r+2i)2⋅(r+4i)2⋅(r+3i) is real. Expanding, we get:
(r2+4ir−4)(r2+8ir−16)(r+3i)(r4+12ir3−52r2−96ir+64)(r+3i)
On the last expanding, we only multiply the reals with the imaginaries and vice versa, because we only care that the imaginary component equals 0.
15ir4−252ir2+192i=05r4−84r2+64=0(5r2−4)(r2−16)=0r must equal 4, as r cannot be negative or be approximately equal to 1. Thus, the area of ABCDE is 4⋅(a+b+c+d+e)=4⋅15=60
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Solution 3 (Guess 1)
This pentagon is very close to a regular pentagon with side lengths 6. The area of a regular pentagon with side lengths s is 45−255s2. 5−25 is slightly greater than 21 given that 25 is slightly less than 29. 45−25 is then slightly greater than 22. We will approximate that to be 2.9. The area is now roughly 2.9180, but because the actual pentagon is not regular, but has the same perimeter of the regular one that we are comparing to we can say that this is an overestimate on the area and turn the 2.9 into 3 thus turning the area into 3180 which is 60 and since 60 is a multiple of the semiperimeter 15, we can safely say that the answer is most likely 60.
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Solution 4 (Guess 2)
Because the AIME answers have to be a whole number it would meant the radius of the circle have to be a whole number, thus by drawing the diagram and experimenting, we can safely say the radius is 4 and the answer is 60
(Edit: While the guess would be technically correct, the assumption that the radius would have to be a whole number for the ans to be a whole number is wrong)
By EtherealMidnight
(Edit: I think that will actually work because the area of ABCDE is equal to the semi-perimeter times the radius. By a simple calculation, we know that the semi-perimeter is an integer so the radius should also be an integer)
By YBSuburbanTea
...the radius could be a fraction with denominator 3, 5, or 15, and the area of the pentagon would still be an integer. - GeometryJake
Solution 5 (Official MAA 1)
Let ω be the inscribed circle, I be its center, and r be its radius. The area of ABCDE is equal to its semiperimeter, 15, times r, so the problem is reduced to finding r. Let a be the length of the tangent segment from A to ω, and analogously define b, c, d, and e. Then a+b=5, b+c=c+d=d+e=6, and e+a=7, with a total of a+b+c+d+e=15. Hence a=3, b=d=2, and c=e=4. It follows that ∠B=∠D and ∠C=∠E. Let Q be the point where ω is tangent to CD. Then ∠IAE=∠IAB=21∠A. Now we claim that points A,I,Q are collinear, which can be proved if ∠AIQ=∠QIA=180∘. The sum of the internal angles in polygons ABCQI and AIQDE are equal, so ∠IAE+∠AIQ+∠IQD+∠D+∠E=∠IAB+∠B+∠C+∠CQI+∠QIA, which implies that ∠AIQ must be 180∘. Therefore points A, I, and Q are collinear.
Because AQ⊥CD, it follows that
AC2−AD2=CQ2−DQ2=c2−d2=12.
Another expression for AC2−AD2 can be found as follows. Note that tan(2∠B)=2r and tan(2∠E)=4r, so
cos(∠B)=1+tan2(2∠B)1−tan2(2∠B)=4+r24−r2
and
cos(∠E)=1+tan2(2∠E)1−tan2(2∠E)=16+r216−r2.
Applying the Law of Cosines to △ABC and △AED gives
AC2=AB2+BC2−2⋅AB⋅BC⋅cos(∠B)=52+62−2⋅5⋅6⋅4+r24−r2
and
7(16−r2)(4+r2)−5(4−r2)(16+r2)=3(16+r2)(4+r2).
Substituting x=r2 gives the quadratic equation 5x2−84x+64=0, with solutions 542−38=54, and 542+38=16. The solution r2=54 corresponds to a five-pointed star, which is not convex. Indeed, if r<3, then tan(2∠A), tan(2∠C), and tan(2∠E) are less than 1, implying that ∠A, ∠C, and ∠E are acute, which cannot happen in a convex pentagon. Thus r2=16 and r=4. The requested area is 15⋅4=60.
Solution 6 (Official MAA 2)
Define a, b, c, d, e, and r as in Solution 5. Then, as in Solution 5, a=3, b=d=2, c=e=4, ∠B=∠D, and ∠C=∠E. Let α=2∠A, β=2∠B, and γ=2∠C. It follows that 540∘=2α+4β+4γ, so 270∘=α+2β+2γ. Thus
tan(2β+2γ)=tanα1,tan(β)=2r, tan(γ)=4r, and tan(α)=3r. By the Tangent Addition Formula,
Im((r+3i)(r+2i)2(r+4i)2)=0.
Simplifying this equation gives the same quadratic equation in r2 as in Solution 5.
Solution 8 (The same circle)
Notation shown on diagram. As in solution 5, we get AQ⊥CD,AG=3,GB=2,CQ=4 and so on.
Let AB cross CD at F,AE cross CD at F′,CF=x.FQ=FG⟹FB=x+2.∠BAQ=∠EAQ⟹DF′=x+2,EF′=x. Triangle △AFF′ has semiperimeter s=2x+11.
The radius of incircleω is r=ss−FF’(s−AF)=2x+113(x+4).
Triangle △BCF has semiperimeter s=x+4.
The radius of excircleω is r=s−BCs(s−BF)(s−CF)=x−2(x+4)⋅2⋅4.
It is the same radius, therefore
2x+113(x+4)=x–28(x+4)⟹2x+113(x+4)=x−28⟹(x−8)(3x+14)=0⟹x=8,r=4.
Then the solution proceeds as in Solution 5.
Solution 9 (EASIEST)
Let O be the center of the incircle and OP and OQ are the perpendiculars dropped from point O to sides BC and CD respectively, making OP=OQ=r. After you got CP and CQ by the solutions which are given above (i.e Solution 1) then consider cyclic quadrilateral OPCQ. Now by Pythagoras in TRIANGLE OPC We get OC2=r2+16, and by Ptolemy you get 4r+4r=OC⋅PQ Making 64r2=(r2+16)(32) [Note: It is unclear how PQ=32 is obtained; using similar triangles yields 8r=8r and there doesn't seem to be any easy way to obtain this otherwise. ~SilverRush] leading to 2r2=(r2+16) implying r2=16 implying r=4. Now since in a tangential polygon Area = sr where s = semiperimeter of that polygon and r = inradius Putting those values \implies AREA = 15r = 15(4) = 60