AIME 2024 I · 第 8 题

Solution 1

Draw an altitude from both end circles of the diagram with the circles of radius one, and call the lengths at the end cut off by the altitudes the altitudes of the circles down to $BC$ $a$ and $b$. Now we have the length of side $BC$ of being $(2)(2022)+1+1+a+b$. However, the side $BC$ can also be written as $(6)(68)+34+34+34a+34b$, due to similar triangles from the second diagram. If we set the equations equal, we have $\frac{1190}{11} = a+b$. Call the radius of the incircle $r$, then we have the side BC to be $r(a+b)$. We find $r$ as $\frac{4046+\frac{1190}{11}}{\frac{1190}{11}}$, which simplifies to $\frac{10+((34)(11))}{10}$,so we have $\frac{192}{5}$, which sums to $\boxed{197}$.

Solution 2

Assume that $ABC$ is isosceles with $AB=AC$.

If we let $P_1$ be the intersection of $BC$ and the leftmost of the eight circles of radius $34$, $N_1$ the center of the leftmost circle, and $M_1$ the intersection of the leftmost circle and $AB$, and we do the same for the $2024$ circles of radius $1$, naming the points $P_2$, $N_2$, and $M_2$, respectively, then we see that $BP_1N_1M_1\sim BP_2N_2M_2$. The same goes for vertex $C$, and the corresponding quadrilaterals are congruent.

Let $x=BP_2$. We see that $BP_1=34x$ by similarity ratios (due to the radii). The corresponding figures on vertex $C$ are also these values. If we combine the distances of the figures, we see that $BC=2x+4046$ and $BC=68x+476$, and solving this system, we find that $x=\frac{595}{11}$.

If we consider that the incircle of $\triangle ABC$ is essentially the case of $1$ circle with $r$ radius (the inradius of $\triangle ABC$), we can find that $BC=2rx$. From $BC=2x+4046$, we have:

$$r=1+\frac{2023}{x}=1+\frac{11\cdot2023}{595}=1+\frac{187}{5}=\frac{192}{5}$$ Thus the answer is $192+5=\boxed{197}$.

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Solution 3

Let $x = \cot{\frac{B}{2}} + \cot{\frac{C}{2}}$. By representing $BC$ in two ways, we have the following:

$$34x + 7\cdot 34\cdot 2 = BC$$ $$x + 2023 \cdot 2 = BC$$ Solving we find $x = \frac{1190}{11}$. Now draw the inradius, let it be $r$. We find that $rx =BC$, hence

$$xr = x + 4046 \implies r-1 = \frac{11}{1190}\cdot 4046 = \frac{187}{5}.$$ Thus

$$r = \frac{192}{5} \implies \boxed{197}.$$ ~AtharvNaphade

Solution 4

First, let the circle tangent to $AB$ and $BC$ be $O$ and the other circle that is tangent to $AC$ and $BC$ be $R$. Let $x$ be the distance from the tangency point on line segment $BC$ of the circle $O$ to $B$. Also, let $y$ be the distance of the tangency point of circle $R$ on the line segment $BC$ to point $C$. Realize that we can let $n$ be the number of circles tangent to line segment $BC$ and $r$ be the corresponding radius of each of the circles. Also, the circles that are tangent to $BC$ are similar. So, we can build the equation $BC = (x+y+2(n-1)) \times r$. Looking at the given information, we see that when $n=8$, $r=34$, and when $n=2024$, $r=1$, and we also want to find the radius $r$ in the case where $n=1$. Using these facts, we can write the following equations:

$BC = (x+y+2(8-1)) \times 34 = (x+y+2(2024-1)) \times 1 = (x+y+2(1-1)) \times r$

We can find that $x+y = \frac{1190}{11}$ . Now, let $(x+y+2(2024-1)) \times 1 = (x+y+2(1-1)) \times r$.

Substituting $x+y = \frac{1190}{11}$ in, we find that

$$r = \frac{192}{5} \implies \boxed{197}.$$ ~EaZ_Shadow

Solution 5 (one variable)

Define $I, x_1, x_8, y_1, y_{2024}$ to be the incenter and centers of the first and last circles of the $8$ and $2024$ tangent circles to $BC,$ and define $r$ to be the inradius of triangle $\bigtriangleup ABC.$ We calculate $\overline{x_1x_8} = 34 \cdot 14$ and $\overline{y_1y_{2024}} = 1 \cdot 4046$ because connecting the center of the circles voids two extra radii.

We can easily see that $B, x_1, y_1,$ and $I$ are collinear, and the same follows for $C, x_8, y_{2024},$ and $I$ (think angle bisectors).

We observe that triangles $\bigtriangleup I x_1 x_8$ and $\bigtriangleup I y_1 y_{2024}$ are similar, and therefore the ratio of the altitude to the base is the same, so we note

$$\frac{\text{altitude}}{\text{base}} = \frac{r-34}{34\cdot 14} = \frac{r-1}{1\cdot 4046}.$$ Solving yields $r = \frac{192}{5},$ so the answer is $192+5 = \boxed{197}.$

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