2022 AIME II Problems/Problem 15
Problem
Two externally tangent circles
and
have centers
and
, respectively. A third circle
passing through
and
intersects
at
and
and
at
and
, as shown. Suppose that
,
,
, and
is a convex hexagon. Find the area of this hexagon.
Solution 1
First observe that
and
. Let points
and
be the reflections of
and
, respectively, about the perpendicular bisector of
. Then quadrilaterals
and
are congruent, so hexagons
and
have the same area. Furthermore, triangles
and
are congruent, so
and quadrilateral
is an isosceles trapezoid.
Next, remark that
, so quadrilateral
is also an isosceles trapezoid; in turn,
, and similarly
. Thus, Ptolmey's theorem on
yields
, whence
. Let
. The Law of Cosines on triangle
yields
and hence
. Thus the distance between bases
and
is
(in fact,
is a
triangle with a
triangle removed), which implies the area of
is
.
Now let
and
; the tangency of circles
and
implies
. Furthermore, angles
and
are opposite angles in cyclic quadrilateral
, which implies the measure of angle
is
. Therefore, the Law of Cosines applied to triangle
yields
Thus
, and so the area of triangle
is
.
Thus, the area of hexagon
is
.
~djmathman
Solution 2
Denote by
the center of
.
Denote by
the radius of
.
We have
,
,
,
,
,
are all on circle
.
Denote
.
Denote
.
Denote
.
Because
and
are on circles
and
,
is a perpendicular bisector of
. Hence,
.
Because
and
are on circles
and
,
is a perpendicular bisector of
. Hence,
.
In
,
Hence,
In
,
Hence,
In
,
Hence,
Taking
, we get
.
Thus,
.
Taking these into (1), we get
.
Hence,
Hence,
.
In
,
In
, by applying the law of sines, we get
Because circles
and
are externally tangent,
is on circle
,
is on circle
,
Thus,
.
Now, we compute
and
.
Recall
and
.
Thus,
.
We also have
Thus,
Therefore,
~Steven Chen (www.professorchenedu.com)
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