HMMT 二月 2007 · TEAM2 赛 · 第 9 题
HMMT February 2007 — TEAM2 Round — Problem 9
题目详情
- [ 20 ] Cyclic quadrilateral ABCD has side lengths AB = 1 , BC = 2 , CD = 3 , and AD = 4. Determine AC/BD.
解析
- [ 20 ] Cyclic quadrilateral ABCD has side lengths AB = 1 , BC = 2 , CD = 3 , and AD = 4. Determine AC/BD. Answer: 5 / 7 . Let the diagonals intersect at P. Note that triangles ABP and DCP are similar, so that 3 AP = DP and 3 BP = CP. Additionally, triangles BCP and ADP are similar, so that 2 BP = AP. It follows that AC AP + P C 2 BP + 3 BP 5 = = = . BD BP + P D BP + 6 BP 7 2