HMMT 十一月 2012 · 冲刺赛 · 第 23 题
HMMT November 2012 — Guts Round — Problem 23
题目详情
英文原题
- [ 12 ] ABC is a triangle with AB = 4, BC = 6, and CA = 7. Let Ω be the circumcircle of ABC ; thetangent to Ω passing through A meets the extension of side BC at P . Find the length P B .
解析
英文解析
- [ 12 ]
Answer: Since AP is a tangent to Ω, we know that ∠ P AB = ∠ P CA , so △ P AB ∼ △ P CA , so 32
we get that 11
P B 4 P A = = .
P A 7 P B + 6
Solving, we get that 7 P B = 4 P A , so
49 33 32
4( P B + 6) = 7 P A = P B ⇒ P B = 24 ⇒ P B = .
4 4 11