geometry problems from Princeton University Mathematics Competition (PUMaC)
with aops links in the names
collected inside aops:
2006 - 2020
A,B,C,D,E, and F are points of a convex hexagon, and there is a circle such that A,B,C,D,E, and F are all on the circle. If \angle ABC = 72^o, \angle BCD = 96^o, \angle CDE = 118^o, and \angle DEF = 104^o, what is \angle EFA?
ABC is an equilateral triangle with side length 1. BCDE is a square. Some point F is equidistant from A, D, and E. Find the length of AF.
Find the exact value of \sin 36^o.
There is a circle c centered about the origin of radius 1. There are circles c_1, . . . ,c_6, each of radius r_1, such that each circle is completely inside c and is tangent to it, and c_2 is tangent to c_1, c_3 is tangent to c_2, . . ., and c_1 is tangent to c_6. There is a circle d which is tangent to c, c_1, and c_2, but does not intersect any of these circles. What is the radius of circle d? Express your answer in the form \frac{a+b\sqrt{c}}{d} , where a,b,c,d are integers, d is positive and as small as possible, and c is squarefree.
A, B, and C are vertices of a triangle, and P is a point within the triangle. If angles \angle BAP, \angle BCP, and \angle ABP are all 30^o and angle \angle ACP is 45^o, what is \sin(\angle CBP)?
Given that in the diagram shown, \angle ACB = 65^o, \angle BAC = 50^o, \angle BDC = 25^o, AB = 5, and AE = 1, determine the value of BE \cdot DE.
Given parallelogram ABCD, construct point F so that CF\perp BC, as shown. Also F is placed so that \angle DFC = 120^o. If DF = 4 and BC =CF = 2, what is the area of the parallelogram?
Given that triangle ABC has side lengths a=7, b=8 , c=5, find(\sin (A)+\sin (B)+\sin (C)) \cdot \left(\cot \frac{A}{2}+\cot \frac{B}{2}+\cot \frac{C}{2}\right)..
Consider all line segments of length 4 with one end-point on the line y = x and the other end-point on the line y = 2x. Find the equation of the locus of the midpoints of these line segments.
Points P and Q are located inside square ABCD such that DP is parallel to QB and DP = QB = PQ. Determine the minimum possible value of \angle ADP.
In triangle ABC, R is the midpoint of BC and CS = 3SA. If x is the area of CRS, y is the area of RBT, z is the area of ATS, and y^2 = xz, then what is the value of \frac{AT}{TB}?
Express your answer in the form \frac{a+b\sqrt{c}}{d} , where a,b,c,d are integers, d is positive and as small as possible, and c is squarefree.
Triangle ABC has AC = 3, BC = 5, AB = 7. A circle is drawn internally tangent to the circumcircle of ABC at C, and tangent to AB. Let D be its point of tangency with AB. Find BD - DA.
A, B, C, and D are all on a circle, and ABCD is a convex quadrilateral. If AB = 13, BC = 13, CD = 37, and AD = 47, what is the area of ABCD?
Points P_1, P_2, P_3, and P_4 are (0,0), (10, 20), (5, 15), and (12, -6), respectively. For what point P \in \mathbb{R}^2 is the sum of the distances from P to the other 4 points minimal?
Find \frac{area(CDF)}{area(CEF)} in the figure.
A and B are on a circle of radius 20 centered at C, and \angle ACB = 60^\circ. D is chosen so that D is also on the circle, \angle ACD = 160^\circ, and \angle DCB = 100^\circ. Let E be the intersection of lines AC and BD. What is DE
A sphere of radius \sqrt{85} is centered at the origin in three dimensions. A tetrahedron with vertices at integer lattice points is inscribed inside the sphere. What is the maximum possible volume of this tetrahedron?
A set of points P_i covers a polygon if for every point in the polygon, a line can be drawn inside the polygon to at least one P_i. Points A_1, A_2, \cdots, A_n in the plane form a 2007-gon, not necessarily convex. Find the minimum value of n such that for any such polygon, we can pick n points inside it that cover the polygon.
What is the area of the region defined by x^2+3y^2 \le 4 and y^2+3x^2 \le 4?
There are four spheres each of radius 1 whose centers form a triangular pyramid where each side has length 2. There is a 5th sphere which touches all four other spheres and has radius less than 1. What is its radius?
In triangle ABC with AB \neq AC, points N \in CA, M \in AB, P \in BC, and Q \in BC are chosen such that MP \parallel AC, NQ \parallel AB, \frac{BP}{AB} = \frac{CQ}{AC}, and A, M, Q, P, N are concyclic. Find \angle BAC.
A pirate ship spots, 10 nautical miles to the east, an oblivious caravel sailing 60 south of west at a steady 12 \text{ nm/hour}. What is the minimum speed that the pirate ship must maintain at to be able to catch the caravel?
A black witch's hat is in the classic shape of a cone on top of a circular brim. The cone has a slant height of 18 inches and a base radius of 3 inches. The brim has a radius of 5 inches. What is the total surface area of the hat?
Suppose that ABCD is a rectangle with sides of length 12 and 18. Let S be the region of points contained in ABCD which are closer to the center of the rectangle than to any of its vertices. Find the area of S.
ABCDE is a regular pentagon (with vertices in that order) inscribed in a circle of radius 1. Find AB \cdot AC.
Four circles of radius 1 are each tangent to two sides (line segments) of a square and externally tangent to a circle of radius 3. What is the area of the space that is inside the square but not contained in any of the circles?
Let C and D be two points, not diametrically opposite, on a circle C_1 with center M. Let H be a point on minor arc CD. The tangent to C_1 at H intersects the circumcircle of CMD at points A and B. Prove that CD bisects MH iff \angle AMB = \frac{\pi}{2}
In triangle ABC, let O and I_A be the centers of the circumcircle and the circle tangent to AB and AC and externally tangent to BC, and let R and R_A be their radii. Find \frac {I_A A \cdot I_A B \cdot I_A C}{R \cdot R_A^2} .
In triangle ABC, Q and R are points on segments AC and AB, respectively, and P is the intersection of CR and BQ. If AR=RB=CP and CP=PQ, find \angle BRC .
What is the area of a circle with a circumference of 8?
Consider a convex polygon \mathcal{P} in space with perimeter 20 and area 30. What is the volume of the locus of points that are at most 1 unit away from some point in the interior of \mathcal{P}?
Consider a 12-sided regular polygon. If the vertices going clockwise are A, B, C, D, E, F, etc, draw a line between A and F, B and G, C and H, etc. This will form a smaller 12-sided regular polygon in the center of the larger one. What is the area of the smaller one divided by the area of the larger one?
How many ordered pairs of real numbers (x, y) are there such that x^2+y^2 = 200 and
\sqrt{(x-5)^2+(y-5)^2}+\sqrt{(x+5)^2+(y+5)^2} is an integer?
Infinitesimal Randall Munroe is glued to the center of a pentagon with side length 1. At each corner of the pentagon is a confused infinitesimal velociraptor. At any time, each raptor is running at one unit per second directly towards the next raptor in the pentagon (in counterclockwise order). How far does each confused raptor travel before it reaches Randall Munroe?
Find the coordinates of the point in the plane at which the sum of the distances from it to the three points (0, 0), (2, 0), (0, \sqrt{3}) is minimal.
Let \mathcal{H} be the region of points (x, y), such that (1, 0), (x, y), (-x, y), and (-1,0) form an isosceles trapezoid whose legs are shorter than the base between (x, y) and (-x,y). Find the least possible positive slope that a line could have without intersecting \mathcal{H}.
In four-dimensional space, the 24-cell of sidelength \sqrt{2} is the convex hull of (smallest convex set containing) the 24 points (\pm 1, \pm 1, 0, 0) and its permutations. Find the four-dimensional volume of this region.
In tetrahedron ABCD with circumradius 2, AB = 2, CD = \sqrt{7}, and \angle ABC = \angle BAD = \frac{\pi}{2}. Find all possible angles between the planes containing ABC and ABD.
A cuboctahedron is the convex hull of (smallest convex set containing) the 12 points (\pm 1, \pm 1, 0), (\pm 1, 0, \pm 1), (0, \pm 1, \pm 1). Find the cosine of the solid angle of one of the triangular faces, as viewed from the origin. (Take a figure and consider the set of points on the unit sphere centered on the origin such that the ray from the origin through the point intersects the fi gure. The area of that set is the solid angle of the fi gure as viewed from the origin.)
If a rectangle’s length is increased by 30\% and its width is decreased by 30\%, by what percentage does its area change? State whether the area increases or decreases.
A cube is divided into 27 unit cubes. A sphere is inscribed in each of the corner unit cubes, and another sphere is placed tangent to these 8 spheres. What is the smallest possible value for the radius of the last sphere?
Two externally tangent circles have radius 2 and radius 3. Two lines are drawn, each tangent to both circles, but not at the point where the circles are tangent to each other. What is the area of the quadrilateral whose vertices are the four points of tangency between the circles and the lines?
Circles A, B, and C each have radius r, and their centers are the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side length 6r. Two lines are drawn, one tangent to A and C and one tangent to B and C, such that A is on the opposite side of each line from B and C. Find the sine of the angle between the two lines.
Let P be a convex polygon, and let n \ge 3 be a positive integer. On each side of P, erect a regular n-gon that shares that side of P, and is outside P. If none of the interiors of these regular n-gons overlap, we call P n-good.
(a) Find the largest value of n such that every convex polygon is n-good.
(b) Find the smallest value of n such that no convex polygon is n-good.
Quadrilateral ABCD has both an inscribed and a circumscribed circle and sidelengths BC = 4, CD = 5, DA = 6. Find the area of ABCD.
You are given a convex pentagon ABCDE with AB=BC, CD=DE, \angle{ABC}=150^\circ, \angle{BCD} = 165^\circ, \angle{CDE}=30^\circ, BD=6. Find the area of this pentagon. Round your answer to the nearest integer if necessary.
2009 PUMaC Geometry B1
Find 100 times the area of a regular dodecagon inscribed in a unit circle. Round your answer to the nearest integer if necessary.
2009 PUMaC Geometry B2
A triangle has sides of lengths 5, 6, 7. What is 60 times the square of the radius of the inscribed circle?
A rectangular piece of paper ABCD has sides of lengths AB = 1, BC = 2. The rectangle is folded in half such that AD coincides with BC and EF is the folding line. Then fold the paper along a line BM such that the corner A falls on line EF. How large, in degrees, is \angle ABM?
Tetrahedron ABCD has sides of lengths, in increasing order, 7, 13, 18, 27, 36, 41. If AB=41, then what is the length of CD?
A polygon is called concave if it has at least one angle strictly greater than 180^{\circ}. What is the maximum number of symmetries that an 11-sided concave polygon can have? (A symmetry of a polygon is a way to rotate or reflect the plane that leaves the polygon unchanged.)
In the following diagram (not to scale), A, B, C, D are four consecutive vertices of an 18-sided regular polygon with center O. Let P be the midpoint of AC and Q be the midpoint of DO. Find \angle OPQ in degrees.
Lines l and m are perpendicular. Line l partitions a convex polygon into two parts of equal area, and partitions the projection of the polygon onto m into two line segments of length a and b respectively. Determine the maximum value of \left\lfloor \frac{1000a}{b} \right\rfloor. (The floor notation \lfloor x \rfloor denotes largest integer not exceeding x
Consider the solid with 4 triangles and 4 regular hexagons as faces, where each triangle borders 3 hexagons, and all the sides are of length 1. Compute the [i]square[/i] of the volume of the solid. Express your result in reduced fraction and concatenate the numerator with the denominator (e.g., if you think that the square is \frac{1734}{274}, then you would submit 1734274).
Consider \triangle ABC and a point M in its interior so that \angle MAB = 10^\circ, \angle MBA = 20^\circ, \angle MCA = 30^\circ and \angle MAC = 40^\circ. What is \angle MBC?
2009 PUMaC Geometry B1
Find 100 times the area of a regular dodecagon inscribed in a unit circle. Round your answer to the nearest integer if necessary.
2009 PUMaC Geometry B2
A triangle has sides of lengths 5, 6, 7. What is 60 times the square of the radius of the inscribed circle?
A line drawn from vertex A of equilateral \triangle ABC meets BC at D and the circumcircle at P. If BP = 55 and PC = 220, find AD.
In right \triangle ABC, P and Q are on legs BC and AC, respectively, such that CP = CQ = 20. Through the point of intersection, R, of AP and BQ, a line is drawn also passing through C and meeting the hypotenuse AB at S. The extension of PQ meets line AB at T. Suppose AB = 100, and AC = 80. Then, if the length of TS is k, find k.
The sidelengths of a triangle are 130, 144, and 194. What is the area of its circumcircle?
2010 PUMaC Geometry A1/B3
As in the following diagram, square ABCD and square CEFG are placed side by side (i.e. C is between B and E and G is between C and D). If CE = 14, AB > 14, compute the minimal area of \triangle AEG.
2010 PUMaC Geometry A2/B5
In a rectangular plot of land, a man walks in a very peculiar fashion. Labeling the corners ABCD, he starts at A and walks to C. Then, he walks to the midpoint of side AD, say A_1. Then, he walks to the midpoint of side CD say C_1, and then the midpoint of A_1D which is A_2. He continues in this fashion, indefinitely. The total length of his path if AB=5 and BC=12 is of the form a + b\sqrt{c}. Find \displaystyle\frac{abc}{4}.
Triangle ABC has AB = 4, AC = 5, and BC = 6. An angle bisector is drawn from angle A, and meets BC at M. What is the nearest integer to 100 \frac{AM}{CM}?
In regular hexagon ABCDEF, AC, CE are two diagonals. Points M, N are on AC, CE respectively and satisfy AC: AM = CE: CN = r. Suppose B, M, N are collinear, find 100r^2.
2010 PUMaC Geometry A5/B7
A cuboctahedron is a solid with 6 square faces and 8 equilateral triangle faces, with each edge adjacent to both a square and a triangle (see picture). Suppose the ratio of the volume of an octahedron to a cuboctahedron with the same side length is r. Find 100r^2.
A cuboctahedron is a solid with 6 square faces and 8 equilateral triangle faces, with each edge adjacent to both a square and a triangle (see picture). Suppose the ratio of the volume of an octahedron to a cuboctahedron with the same side length is r. Find 100r^2.
In the following diagram, a semicircle is folded along a chord AN and intersects its diameter MN at B. Given that MB : BN = 2 : 3 and MN = 10. If AN = x, find x^2.
Square ABCD is divided into four rectangles by EF and GH. EF is parallel to AB and GH parallel to BC. \angle BAF = 18^\circ. EF and GH meet at point P. The area of rectangle PFCH is twice that of rectangle AGPE. Given that the value of \angle FAH in degrees is x, find the nearest integer to x.
2010 PUMaC Geometry A8
There is a point source of light in an empty universe. What is the minimum number of solid balls (of any size) one must place in space so that any light ray emanating from the light source intersects at least one ball?
There is a point source of light in an empty universe. What is the minimum number of solid balls (of any size) one must place in space so that any light ray emanating from the light source intersects at least one ball?
In a polygon, every external angle is one sixth of its corresponding internal angle. How many sides does the polygon have?
On rectangular coordinates, point A = (1,2), B = (3,4). P = (a, 0) is on x-axis. Given that P is chosen such that AP + PB is minimized, compute 60a.
2010 PUMaC Geometry B4
Unit square ABCD is divided into four rectangles by EF and GH, with BF = \frac14. EF is parallel to AB and GH parallel to BC. EF and GH meet at point P. Suppose BF + DH = FH, calculate the nearest integer to the degree of \angle FAH.
Unit square ABCD is divided into four rectangles by EF and GH, with BF = \frac14. EF is parallel to AB and GH parallel to BC. EF and GH meet at point P. Suppose BF + DH = FH, calculate the nearest integer to the degree of \angle FAH.
Point P is in the interior of \triangle ABC. The side lengths of ABC are AB = 7, BC = 8, CA = 9. The three foots of perpendicular lines from P to sides BC, CA, AB are D, E, F respectively. Suppose the minimal value of \frac{BC}{PD} + \frac{CA}{PE} + \frac{AB}{PF} can be written as \frac{a}{b}\sqrt{c}, where \gcd(a,b) = 1 and c is square free, calculate abc.

Tetrahedron ABCD has base \triangle BCD which is an equilateral triangle with side length 2. AB = AC = 3 and AD = 4. Let M be the centroid of tetrahedron ABCD and N be the centroid of \triangle BCD. Write \displaystyle\frac{AN}{AM} = \displaystyle\frac{p}q, where p and q are relatively prime integers. You are to submit the concatenation of p and q.
What is the maximum number of angles greater than \pi that a 45-gon can have?
Right triangle \triangle ABC has integer side lengths, one side of length 29, and maximal perimeter. What is the length of the hypotenuse of this triangle?
Two logs of length 10 are laying on the ground touching each other. Their radii are 3 and 1, and the smaller log is fastened to the ground. The bigger log rolls over the smaller log without slipping, and stops as soon as it touches the ground again. The volume of the set of points swept out by the larger log as it rolls over the smaller one can be expressed as n \pi, where n is an integer. Find n.
A rectangular piece of paper has corners labeled A, B, C, and D, with BC = 80 and CD = 120. Let M be the midpoint of side AB. The corner labeled A is folded along line MD and the corner labeled B is folded along line MC until the segments AM and MB coincide. Let S denote the point in space where A and B meet. If H is the foot of the perpendicular from S to the original plane of the paper, find HM.
Let PQ and PR be tangents to a circle \omega with diameter AB so that A, Q, R, B lie on \omega in that order. Let H be the projection of P onto AB and let AR and PH intersect at S. If \angle QPH = 30^{\circ} and \angle HPR = 20^\circ, find \angle ASQ in degrees.
Let ABC be a triangle with AB = 15, BC = 17, CA = 21, and incenter I. If the circumcircle of triangle IBC intersects side AC again at P, find CP.
Let \ell_1 and \ell_2 be two parallel lines, a distance of 15 apart. Points A and B lie on \ell_1 while points C and D lie on \ell_2 such that \angle BAC = 30^\circ and \angle ABD = 60^\circ. The minimum value of AD + BC is a\sqrt b, where a and b are integers and b is squarefree. Find a + b.
Let \omega_1 be a circle of radius 6, and let \omega_2 be a circle of radius 5 that passes through the center O of \omega_1. Let A and B be the points of intersection of the two circles, and let P be a point on major arc AB of \omega_2. Let M and N be the second intersections of PA and PB with \omega_1, respectively. Let S be the midpoint of MN. As P ranges over major arc AB of \omega_2, the minimum length of segment SA is a/b, where a and b are positive integers and \gcd(a, b) = 1. Find a+b.
Let ABC be a triangle with AB = 2, BC = 5, AC = 4. Let M be the projection of C onto the external angle bisector at vertex B. Similarly, let N be the projection of B onto the external angle bisector at vertex C. If the ratio of the area of quadrilateral BCNM to the area of triangle ABC is a/b, where a and b are positive integers and \gcd(a, b) = 1, find a + b.
Let ABC be a triangle with \angle BAC = 60^\circ, BA = 2, and CA = 3. A point M is located inside ABC such that MB = 1 and MC = 2. A semicircle tangent to MB and MC has its center O on BC. Let P be the intersection of the angle bisector of \angle BAC and the perpendicular bisector of AC. If the ratio OP/MO is a/b, where a and b are positive integers and \gcd(a, b) = 1, find a + b.
Let triangle ABC have \angle A = 70^\circ, \angle B = 60^\circ, and \angle C = 50^\circ. Extend altitude BH past H to point D so that BD = BC. Find \angle BDA in degrees.
Let ABCD be a trapezoid with AD parallel to BC, AD = 2, and BC = 1. Let M be the midpoint of AD, and let P be the intersection of BD with CM. Extend AP to meet segment CD at point Q. If the ratio CQ/QD = a/b, where a and b are positive integers and \text{gcd}(a, b) = 1, find a + b.
Let \omega be a circle of radius 6 with center O. Let AB be a chord of \omega having length 5. For any real constant c, consider the locus \mathcal{L}(c) of all points P such that PA^2 - PB^2 = c. Find the largest value of c for which the intersection of \mathcal{L}(c) and \omega consists of just one point.
Four circles are situated in the plane so that each is tangent to the other three. If three of the radii are 5, 5, and 8, the largest possible radius of the fourth circle is a/b, where a and b are positive integers and gcd(a, b) = 1. Find a + b.
Let ABC be an equilateral triangle having sides of length 1, and let P be a point in the interior of \Delta ABC such that \angle ABP = 15 ^\circ. Find, with proof, the minimum possible value of AP + BP + CP.
Comment:
In fact this question is incorrect, unfortunately. A more reasonable problem: Prove that AP + BP + CP \ge \sqrt{3}.
A regular octahedron is a convex polyhedron composed of eight congruent faces, each of which is an equilateral triangle, four of them meet at each vertex. For instance, the following diagram depicts a regular octahedron: Let T be a regular octahedron of edge length 28. What is the total surface area of T , rounded to the nearest integer?
Three circles, with radii of 1, 1, and 2, are externally tangent to each other. The minimum possible area of a quadrilateral that contains and is tangent to all three circles can be written as a + b\sqrt{c} where c is not divisible by any perfect square larger than 1. Find a + b + c
Two circles centered at O and P have radii of length 5 and 6 respectively. Circle O passes through point P. Let the intersection points of circles O and P be M and N. The area of triangle \vartriangle MNP can be written in simplest form as a/b. Find a + b.
Six ants are placed on the vertices of a regular hexagon with an area of 12. At each point in time, each ant looks at the next ant in the hexagon (in counterclockwise order), and measures the distance, s, to the next ant. Each ant then proceeds towards the next ant at a speed of \frac{s}{100} units per year. After T years, the ants’ new positions are the vertices of a new hexagon with an area of 4. T is of the form a \ln b, where b is square-free. Find a + b.
A square is inscribed in an ellipse such that two sides of the square respectively pass through the two foci of the ellipse. The square has a side length of 4. The square of the length of the minor axis of the ellipse can be written in the form a + b\sqrt{c} where a, b, and c are integers, and c is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find the sum a + b + c.
Let \vartriangle ABC be a triangle with \angle BAC = 45^o, \angle BCA = 30^o, and AB = 1. Point D lies on segment AC such that AB = BD. Find the square of the length of the common external tangent to the circumcircles of triangles \vartriangle BDC and \vartriangle ABC.
Consider a pool table with the shape of an equilateral triangle. A ball of negligible size is initially placed at the center of the table. After it has been hit, it will keep moving in the direction it was hit towards and bounce off any edges with perfect symmetry. If it eventually reaches the midpoint of any edge, we mark the midpoint of the entire route that the ball has travelled through. Repeating this experiment, how many points can we mark at most?
An octahedron (a solid with 8 triangular faces) has a volume of 1040. Two of the spatial diagonals intersect, and their plane of intersection contains four edges that form a cyclic quadrilateral. The third spatial diagonal is perpendicularly bisected by this plane and intersects the plane at the circumcenter of the cyclic quadrilateral. Given that the side lengths of the cyclic quadrilateral are 7, 15, 24, 20, in counterclockwise order, the sum of the edge lengths of the entire octahedron can be written in simplest form as a/b. Find a + b.
Cyclic quadrilateral ABCD has side lengths AB = 2, BC = 3, CD = 5, AD = 4. Find \sin A \sin B(\cot A/2 + \cot B/2 + \cot C/2 + \cot D/2)^2. Your answer can be written in simplest form as a/b. Find a + b.
During chemistry labs, we oftentimes fold a disk-shaped filter paper twice, and then open up a flap of the quartercircle to form a cone shape, as in the diagram. What is the angle \theta, in degrees, of the bottom of the cone when we look at it from the side?
A 6-inch-wide rectangle is rotated 90 degrees about one of its corners, sweeping out an area of 45\pi square inches, excluding the area enclosed by the rectangle in its starting position. Find the rectangle’s length in inches.
Let A be a regular 12-sided polygon. A new 12-gon B is constructed by connecting the midpoints of the sides of A. The ratio of the area of B to the area of A can be written in simplest form as (a +\sqrt{b})/c, where a, b, c are integers. Find a + b + c.
Assume the earth is a perfect sphere with a circumference of 60 units. A great circle is a circle on a sphere whose center is also the center of the sphere. There are three train tracks on three great circles of the earth. One is along the equator and the other two pass through the poles, intersecting at a 90 degree angle. If each track has a train of length L traveling at the same speed, what is the maximum value of L such that the trains can travel without crashing?
A cyclic quadrilateral ABCD has side lengths AB = 3, BC = AD = 5, and CD = 8. The radius of its circumcircle can be written in the form a\sqrt{b}/c, where a, b, c are positive integers, a, c are relatively prime, and b is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find a + b + c.
Let ABC be a triangle with incenter I, and let D be the foot of the angle bisector from A to BC. Let \Gamma be the circumcircle of triangle BIC, and let PQ be a chord of \Gamma passing through D. Prove that AD bisects \angle PAQ.
ABCDE is a pentagon with AB = BC = CD =\sqrt2, \angle ABC = \angle BCD = 120^o , and \angle BAE = \angle CDE = 105^o . Find the area of triangle \vartriangle BDE. Your answer in its simplest form can be written as \frac{a+\sqrt{b}}{c}, where where a, b, c are integers and b is square-free. Find abc.
Find the area of the set of all points in the plane such that there exists a square centered around the point and having the following properties:
\bullet The square has side length 7\sqrt2.
\bullet The boundary of the square intersects the graph of xy = 0 at at least 3 points.
Three cones have bases on the same plane, externally tangent to each other. The cones all face the same direction. Two of the cones have radii of 2, and the other cone has a radius of 3. The two cones with radii 2 have height 4, and the other cone has height 6. Let V be the volume of the tetrahedron with three of its vertices as the three vertices of the cones and the fourth vertex as the center of the base of the cone with height 6. Find V^2.
Let O be a point with three other points A,B,C and \angle AOB=\angle BOC=\angle AOC=2\pi/3. Consider the average area of the set of triangles ABC where OA,OB,OC\in\{3,4,5\}. The average area can be written in the form m\sqrt n where m,n are integers and n is not divisible by a perfect square greater than 1. Find m+n.
Consider the shape formed from taking equilateral triangle ABC with side length 6 and tracing out the arc BC with center A. Set the shape down on line l so that segment AB is perpendicular to l, and B touches l. Beginning from arc BC touching l, we roll ABC along l until both points A and C are on the line. The area traced out by the roll can be written in the form n\pi, where n is an integer. Find n.
Draw an equilateral triangle with center O. Rotate the equilateral triangle 30^\circ, 60^\circ, 90^\circ with respect to O so there would be four congruent equilateral triangles on each other. Look at the diagram. If the smallest triangle has area 1, the area of the original equilateral triangle could be expressed as p+q\sqrt r where p,q,r are positive integers and r is not divisible by a square greater than 1. Find p+q+r.
Suppose you have a sphere tangent to the xy-plane with its center having positive z-coordinate. If it is projected from a point P=(0,b,a) to the xy-plane, it gives the conic section y=x^2. If we write a=\tfrac pq where p,q are integers, find p+q.
On a circle, points A,B,C,D lie counterclockwise in this order. Let the orthocenters of ABC,BCD,CDA,DAB be H,I,J,K respectively. Let HI=2, IJ=3, JK=4, KH=5. Find the value of 13(BD)^2.
Given triangle ABC and a point P inside it, \angle BAP=18^\circ, \angle CAP=30^\circ, \angle ACP=48^\circ, and AP=BC. If \angle BCP=x^\circ, find x.
Three chords of a sphere, each having length 5,6,7, intersect at a single point inside the sphere and are pairwise perpendicular. For R the maximum possible radius of this sphere, find R^2.
We construct three circles: O with diameter AB and area 12+2x, P with diameter AC and area 24+x, and Q with diameter BC and area 108-x. Given that C is on circle O, compute x.
Triangle ABC satisfies \angle ABC=\angle ACB=78^\circ. Points D and E lie on AB,AC and satisfy \angle BCD=24^\circ and \angle CBE=51^\circ. If \angle BED=x^\circ, find x.
Consider all planes through the center of a 2\times2\times2 cube that create cross sections that are regular polygons. The sum of the cross sections for each of these planes can be written in the form a\sqrt b+c, where b is a square-free positive integer. Find a+b+c
Circle w with center O meets circle \Gamma at X,Y, and O is on \Gamma. Point Z\in\Gamma lies outside w such that XZ=11, OZ=15, and YZ=13. If the radius of circle w is r, find r^2.
A tetrahedron ABCD satisfies AB=6, CD=8, and BC=DA=5. Let V be the maximum value of ABCD possible. If we can write V^4=2^n3^m for some integers m and n, find mn.
Triangle A_1B_1C_1 is an equilateral triangle with sidelength 1. For each n>1, we construct triangle A_nB_nC_n from A_{n-1}B_{n-1}C_{n-1} according to the following rule: A_n,B_n,C_n are points on segments A_{n-1}B_{n-1},B_{n-1}C_{n-1},C_{n-1}A_{n-1} respectively, and satisfy the following:\dfrac{A_{n-1}A_n}{A_nB_{n-1}}=\dfrac{B_{n-1}B_n}{B_nC_{n-1}}=\dfrac{C_{n-1}C_n}{C_nA_{n-1}}=\dfrac1{n-1}So for example, A_2B_2C_2 is formed by taking the midpoints of the sides of A_1B_1C_1. Now, we can write \tfrac{|A_5B_5C_5|}{|A_1B_1C_1|}=\tfrac mn where m and n are relatively prime integers. Find m+n. (For a triangle \triangle ABC, |ABC| denotes its area.)
Let \gamma be the incircle of \triangle ABC (i.e. the circle inscribed in \triangle ABC) and I be the center of \gamma. Let D, E and F be the feet of the perpendiculars from I to BC, CA, and AB respectively. Let D' be the point on \gamma such that DD' is a diameter of \gamma. Suppose the tangent to \gamma through D intersects the line EF at P. Suppose the tangent to \gamma through D' intersects the line EF at Q. Prove that \angle PIQ + \angle DAD' = 180^{\circ}.
The area of a circle centered at the origin, which is inscribed in the parabola y=x^2-25, can be expressed as \tfrac ab\pi, where a and b are coprime positive integers. What is the value of a+b?
2013 PUMaC Team 11
If two points are selected at random on a fixed circle and the chord between the two points is drawn, what is the probability that its length exceeds the radius of the circle?
2013 PUMaC Team 12
Let D be a point on the side BC of \triangle ABC. If AB=8, AC=7, BD=2, and CD=1, find AD.
Let x=\frac pq for p, q coprime. Find p+q.
Let O be the circumcenter of triangle ABC with circumradius 15. Let G be the centroid of ABC and let M be the midpoint of BC. If BC=18 and \angle MOA=150^\circ, find the area of OMG.
Consider the cyclic quadrilateral with side lengths 1, 4, 8, 7 in that order. What is its circumdiameter? Let the answer be of the form a\sqrt b+c, for b squarefree. Find a+b+c.
There is a point D on side AC of acute triangle \triangle ABC. Let AM be the median drawn from A (so M is on BC) and CH be the altitude drawn from C (so H is on AB). Let I be the intersection of AM and CH, and let K be the intersection of AM and line segment BD. We know that AK=8, BK=8, and MK=6. Find the length of AI.
\triangle ABC has side lengths AB=15, BC=34, and CA=35. Let the circumcenter of ABC be O. Let D be the foot of the perpendicular from C to AB. Let R be the foot of the perpendicular from D to AC, and let W be the perpendicular foot from D to BC. Find the area of quadrilateral CROW.
Let O be the center of a circle of radius 26, and let A, B be two distinct points on the circle, with M being the midpoint of AB. Consider point C for which CO=34 and \angle COM=15^\circ. Let N be the midpoint of CO. Suppose that \angle ACB=90^\circ. Find MN.
ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral with circumcenter O and circumradius 7. AB intersects CD at E, DA intersects CB at F. OE=13, OF=14. Let \cos\angle FOE=\dfrac pq, with p, q coprime. Find p+q.
Consider the pyramid OABC. Let the equilateral triangle ABC with side length 6 be the base. Also 9=OA=OB=OC. Let M be the midpoint of AB. Find the square of the distance from M to OC.
Consider quadrilateral ABCD. It is given that \angle DAC=70^\circ, \angle BAC=40^\circ, \angle BDC=20^\circ, \angle CBD=35^\circ. Let P be the intersection of AC and BD. Find \angle BPC.
In \triangle ABC, E\in AC, D\in AB, P=BE\cap CD. Given that S\triangle BPC=12, while the areas of \triangle BPD, \triangle CPE and quadrilateral AEPD are all the same, which is x. Find the value of x.
Let \gamma be the incircle of \triangle ABC (i.e. the circle inscribed in \triangle ABC) for which AB+AC=3BC. Let the point where AC is tangent to \gamma be D. Let the incenter of I. Let the intersection of the circumcircle of \triangle BCI with \gamma that is closer to B be P. Show that PID is collinear.
2014 PUMaC Individual Finals B1
Let A, B be two points on circle \gamma. At point A and B we construct tangents to \gamma, AC and BD respectively such that the tangents are both in the clockwise direction. Let the intersection between AB and CD be P . If AC = BD, prove that P bisects the line CD.
2014 PUMaC Individual Finals B1
Let A, B be two points on circle \gamma. At point A and B we construct tangents to \gamma, AC and BD respectively such that the tangents are both in the clockwise direction. Let the intersection between AB and CD be P . If AC = BD, prove that P bisects the line CD.
2014 PUMaC Team 2
Given a Pacman of radius 1, and mouth opening angle 90^\circ, what is the largest (circular) pellet it can eat? The pellet must lie entirely outside the yellow portion and entirely inside the circumcircle of the Pacman. Let the radius be equal to a\sqrt b+c. where b is square free. Find a+b+c.
2014 PUMaC Team 4
ABC is a right triangle with AC=3, BC=4, AB=5. Squares are erected externally on the sides of the triangle. Evaluate the area of hexagon PQRSTU.
ABC is a right triangle with AC=3, BC=4, AB=5. Squares are erected externally on the sides of the triangle. Evaluate the area of hexagon PQRSTU.
2014 PUMaC Team 11
\triangle ABC has AB=4 and AC=6. Let point D be on line AB so that A is between B and D. Let the angle bisector of \angle BAC intersect line BC at E, and let the angle bisector of \angle DAC intersect line BC at F. Given that AE=AF, find the square of the circumcircle's radius' length.
\triangle ABC has AB=4 and AC=6. Let point D be on line AB so that A is between B and D. Let the angle bisector of \angle BAC intersect line BC at E, and let the angle bisector of \angle DAC intersect line BC at F. Given that AE=AF, find the square of the circumcircle's radius' length.
2014 PUMaC Team 13
There is a right triangle \triangle ABC in which \angle A is the right angle. On side AB, there are three points X, Y, and Z that satisfy \angle ACX=\angle XCY=\angle YCZ=\angle ZCB and BZ=2AX. The smallest angle of \triangle ABC is \tfrac ab degrees, where a,b are positive integers such that \gcd(a,b)=1. Find a+b.
There is a right triangle \triangle ABC in which \angle A is the right angle. On side AB, there are three points X, Y, and Z that satisfy \angle ACX=\angle XCY=\angle YCZ=\angle ZCB and BZ=2AX. The smallest angle of \triangle ABC is \tfrac ab degrees, where a,b are positive integers such that \gcd(a,b)=1. Find a+b.
For her daughter’s 12\text{th} birthday, Ingrid decides to bake a dodecagon pie in celebration. Unfortunately, the store does not sell dodecagon shaped pie pans, so Ingrid bakes a circular pie first and then trims off the sides in a way such that she gets the largest regular dodecagon possible. If the original pie was 8 inches in diameter, the area of pie that she has to trim off can be represented in square inches as a\pi - b where a, b are integers. What is a + b?
Terry the Tiger lives on a cube-shaped world with edge length 2. Thus he walks on the outer surface. He is tied, with a leash of length 2, to a post located at the center of one of the faces of the cube. The surface area of the region that Terry can roam on the cube can be represented as \frac{p \pi}{q} + a\sqrt{b}+c for integers a, b, c, p, q where no integer square greater than 1 divides b, p and q are coprime, and q > 0. What is p + q + a + b + c? (Terry can be at a location if the shortest distance along the surface of the cube between that point and the post is less than or equal to 2.)
Cyclic quadrilateral ABCD satisfies \angle ADC = 2 \cdot \angle BAD = 80^\circ and \overline{BC} = \overline{CD}. Let the angle bisector of \angle BCD meet AD at P. What is the measure, in degrees, of \angle BP D?
Find the largest r such that 4 balls each of radius r can be packed into a regular tetrahedron with side length 1. In a packing, each ball lies outside every other ball, and every ball lies inside the boundaries of the tetrahedron. If r can be expressed in the form \frac{\sqrt{a}+b}{c} where a, b, c are integers such that \gcd(b, c) = 1, what is a + b + c?
Let P, A, B, C be points on circle O such that C does not lie on arc \widehat{BAP}, \overline{P A} = 21, \overline{P B} = 56, \overline{P C} = 35 and m \angle BP C = 60^\circ. Now choose point D on the circle such that C does not lie on arc \widehat{BDP} and \overline{BD} = 39. What is AD?
Triangle ABC is inscribed in a unit circle \omega. Let H be its orthocenter and D be the foot of the perpendicular from A to BC. Let \triangle XY Z be the triangle formed by drawing the tangents to \omega at A, B, C. If \overline{AH} = \overline{HD} and the side lengths of \triangle XY Z form an arithmetic sequence, the area of \triangle ABC can be expressed in the form \tfrac{p}{q} for relatively prime positive integers p, q. What is p + q?
Triangle ABC has \overline{AB} = \overline{AC} = 20 and \overline{BC} = 15. Let D be the point in \triangle ABC such that \triangle ADB \sim \triangle BDC. Let l be a line through A and let BD and CD intersect l at P and Q, respectively. Let the circumcircles of \triangle BDQ and \triangle CDP intersect at X. The area of the locus of X as l varies can be expressed in the form \tfrac{p}{q}\pi for positive coprime integers p and q. What is p + q?
The incircle of acute triangle ABC touches BC, AC, and AB at points D, E, and F, respectively. Let P be the second intersection of line AD and the incircle. The line through P tangent to the incircle intersects AB and AC at points M and N, respectively. Given that \overline{AB} = 8, \overline{AC} = 10, and \overline{AN} = 4, let \overline{AM} = \tfrac{a}{b} where a and b are positive coprime integers. What is a + b?
Find the distance \overline{CF} in the diagram below where ABDE is a square and angles and lengths are as given:
The length \overline{CF} is of the form a\sqrt{b} for integers a, b such that no integer square greater than 1 divides b. What is a + b?
The length \overline{CF} is of the form a\sqrt{b} for integers a, b such that no integer square greater than 1 divides b. What is a + b?
Let ABCD be a regular tetrahedron with side length 1. Let EF GH be another regular tetrahedron such that the volume of EF GH is \tfrac{1}{8}\text{-th} the volume of ABCD. The height of EF GH (the minimum distance from any of the vertices to its opposing face) can be written as \sqrt{\tfrac{a}{b}}, where a and b are positive coprime integers. What is a + b?
Let I be the incenter of a triangle ABC with AB = 20, BC = 15, and BI = 12. Let CI intersect the circumcircle \omega_1 of ABC at D \neq C . Alice draws a line l through D that intersects \omega_1 on the minor arc AC at X and the circumcircle \omega_2 of AIC at Y outside \omega_1. She notices that she can construct a right triangle with side lengths ID, DX, and XY. Determine, with proof, the length of IY.
On a circle \omega_1, four points A, C, B, D lie in that order. Prove that CD^2 = AC \cdot BC + AD \cdot BD if and only if at least one of C and D is the midpoint of arc AB.
Imagine a regular a 2015-gon with edge length 2. At each vertex, draw a unit circle centered at that vertex and color the circle’s circumference orange. Now, another unit circle S is placed inside the polygon such that it is externally tangent to two adjacent circles centered at the vertices. This circle S is allowed to roll freely in the interior of the polygon as long as it remains externally tangent to the vertex circles. As it rolls, S turns the color of any point it touches into black. After it rolls completely around the interior of the polygon, the total length of the black lengths can be expressed in the form \tfrac{p\pi}{q} for positive integers p, q satisfying \gcd(p, q) = 1. What is p + q?
Imagine a regular a 2015-gon with edge length 2. At each vertex, draw a unit circle centered at that vertex and color the circle’s circumference orange. Now, another unit circle S is placed inside the polygon such that it is externally tangent to two adjacent circles centered at the vertices. This circle S is allowed to roll freely in the interior of the polygon as long as it remains externally tangent to the vertex circles. As it rolls, S turns the color of any point it touches into black. After it rolls completely around the interior of the polygon, the total length of the black lengths can be expressed in the form \tfrac{p\pi}{q} for positive integers p, q satisfying \gcd(p, q) = 1. What is p + q?
Charlie noticed his golden ticket was golden in two ways! In addition to being gold, it was a rectangle whose side lengths had ratio the golden ratio \varphi = \tfrac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}. He then folds the ticket so that two opposite corners (vertices connected by a diagonal) coincide and makes a sharp crease (the ticket folds just as any regular piece of paper would). The area of the resulting shape can be expressed as a + b \varphi. What is \tfrac{b}{a}?
Triangle ABC has \overline{AB} = 5, \overline{BC} = 4, \overline{CA} = 6. Points D and E are on sides AB and AC, respectively, such that \overline{AD} = \overline{AE} = \overline{BC}. Let CD and BE intersect at F and let AF and DE intersect at G. The length of FG can be expressed in the form \tfrac{a\sqrt{b}}{c} in simplified form. What is a + b + c?
Alice is stacking balls on the ground in three layers using two sizes of balls: small and large. All small balls are the same size, as are all large balls. For the first layer, she uses 6 identical large balls A, B, C, D, E, and F all touching the ground and so that D, E, F touch each other, A touches E and F, B touches D and F, and C touches D and E. For the second layer, she uses 3 identical small balls, G, H, and I; G touches A, E, and F, H touches B, D, and F, and I touches C, D, and E. Obviously, the small balls do not intersect the ground. Finally, for the top layer, she uses one large ball that touches D, E, F, G, H, and I. If the large balls have volume 2015, the sum of the volumes of all the balls in the pyramid can be written in the form a\sqrt{b}+c for integers a, b, c where no integer square larger than 1 divides b. What is a + b + c? (This diagram may not have the correct scaling, but just serves to clarify the layout of the problem.)
Let \vartriangle ABC be an equilateral triangle with side length 1 and let \Gamma the circle tangent to AB and AC at B and C, respectively. Let P be on side AB and Q be on side AC so that PQ // BC, and the circle through A, P, and Q is tangent to \Gamma . If the area of \vartriangle APQ can be written in the form \frac{\sqrt{a}}{b} for positive integers a and b, where a is not divisible by the square of any prime, find a + b.
2016 PUMaC Geometry A2 / B3
Let ABCD be a square with side length 8. Let M be the midpoint of BC and let \omega be the circle passing through M, A, and D. Let O be the center of \omega, X be the intersection point (besides A) of \omega with AB, and Y be the intersection point of OX and AM. If the length of OY can be written in simplest form as \frac{m}{n} , compute m + n.
2016 PUMaC Geometry A2 / B3
Let ABCD be a square with side length 8. Let M be the midpoint of BC and let \omega be the circle passing through M, A, and D. Let O be the center of \omega, X be the intersection point (besides A) of \omega with AB, and Y be the intersection point of OX and AM. If the length of OY can be written in simplest form as \frac{m}{n} , compute m + n.
Let C be a right circular cone with apex A. Let P_1, P_2, P_3, P_4 and P_5 be points placed evenly along the circular base in that order, so that P_1P_2P_3P_4P_5 is a regular pentagon. Suppose that the shortest path from P_1 to P_3 along the curved surface of the cone passes through the midpoint of AP_2. Let h be the height of C, and r be the radius of the circular base of C. If \left(\frac{h}{r}\right)^2 can be written in simplest form as \frac{a}{b} , find a + b.
Let \vartriangle ABC be a triangle with integer side lengths such that BC = 2016. Let G be the centroid of \vartriangle ABC and I be the incenter of \vartriangle ABC. If the area of \vartriangle BGC equals the area of \vartriangle BIC, find the largest possible length of AB.
Let D, E, and F respectively be the feet of the altitudes from A, B, and C of acute triangle \vartriangle ABC such that AF = 28, FB = 35 and BD = 45. Let P be the point on segment BE such that AP = 42. Find the length of CP.
In isosceles triangle ABC with base BC, let M be the midpoint of BC. Let P be the intersection of the circumcircle of \vartriangle ACM with the circle with center B passing through M, such that P \ne M. If \angle BPC = 135^o, then \frac{CP}{AP} can be written as a +\sqrt{b} for positive integers a and b, where b is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find a + b.
Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral with circumcircle \omega and let AC and BD intersect at X. Let the line through A parallel to BD intersect line CD at E and \omega at Y \ne A. If AB = 10, AD = 24, XA = 17, and XB = 21, then the area of \vartriangle DEY can be written in simplest form as \frac{m}{n} . Find m + n.
Let \vartriangle ABC have side lengths AB = 4,BC = 6,CA = 5. Let M be the midpoint of BC and let P be the point on the circumcircle of \vartriangle ABC such that \angle MPA = 90^o. Let D be the foot of the altitude from B to AC, and let E be the foot of the altitude from C to AB. Let PD and PE intersect line BC at X and Y , respectively. Compute the square of the area of \vartriangle AXY .
A circle of radius 1 has four circles \omega_1, \omega_2, \omega_3, and \omega_4 of equal radius internally tangent to it, so that \omega_1 is tangent to \omega_2, which is tangent to \omega_3, which is tangent to \omega_4, which is tangent to \omega_1, as shown. The radius of the circle externally tangent to \omega_1, \omega_2, \omega_3, and \omega_4 has radius r. If r = a -\sqrt{b} for positive integers a and b, compute a + b.
Let V be the volume of the octahedron ABCDEF with A and F opposite, B and E opposite, and C and D opposite, such that AB = AE = EF = BF = 13, BC = DE = BD = CE = 14, and CF = CA = AD = FD = 15. If V = a\sqrt{b} for positive integers a and b, where b is not divisible by the square of any prime, find a + b.
On a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, M is the midpoint of AB and N is the midpoint of CD. Let E be the projection of C onto AB and F the reflection of N about the midpoint of DE. If F is inside quadrilateral ABCD, show that \angle BMF = \angle CBD.
Temerant is a spherical planet with radius 1000 kilometers. The government wants to build twelve towers of the same height on the equator of Temerant, so that every point on the equator can be seen from at least one tower. The minimum possible height of the towers can be written, in kilometers, as a \sqrt{b} - c\sqrt{d} - e for positive integers a, b, c, d, and e (with b and d not divisible by the square of any prime). Compute a + b + c + d + e.
In triangle ABC, let S be on BC and T be on AC so that AS \perp BC and BT \perp AC, and let AS and BT intersect at H. Let O be the center of the circumcircle of \vartriangle AHT, P be the center of the circumcircle of \vartriangle BHS, and G be the other point of intersection (besides H) of the two circles. Let GH and OP intersect at X. If AB = 14, BH = 6, and HA = 11, then XO - XP can be written in simplest form as \frac{m}{n} . Find m + n.
Quadrilateral ABCD has integer side lengths, and angles ABC, ACD, and BAD are right angles. Compute the smallest possible value of AD.
Let \vartriangle ABC be a right triangle with AB = 4, BC = 5, and hypotenuse AC. Let I be the incenter of \vartriangle ABC and E be the excenter of \vartriangle ABC opposite A (the center of the circle tangent to BC and the extensions of segments AB and AC). Suppose the circle with diameter IE intersects line AB beyond B at D. If BD =\sqrt{a}- b, where a and b are positive integers. Find a + b.
Let ABCD be a rectangle of side lengths 3 and 4. Imagine folding the rectangle over the diagonal BD. The area of the new shape can be written with integers a, b in the form \frac{a}{b}, where \gcd (a, b) = 1. What is a + b? (If there is overlapping area, it should only be considered once.)
Heesu draws an equilateral triangle ABC with side 1 m on a large piece of paper, then throws a dart at it. The dart lies within 1 m of two of A, B, or C (it could be inside or outside the triangle). The probability that it lies within 1 m of all three vertices given it lies within 1 m of two can be expressed in the form \frac{a}{a+\pi} where a = b\pi - c\sqrt{d}. What is b + c + d?
A flashlight with angle measure \theta is a device that can be positioned at any point P on the coordinate plane and it illuminates everything in some angle of measure \theta from vertex P. Flashlights of angle measure 60^o are positioned at (0, 0) and (0, 2) so that they shine directly at each other. Let R be the region of the plane where a flashlight of angle measure 135^o could be positioned so that every flashlight is illuminated by every other flashlight. The area of R can be written in reduced form as \frac{a\sqrt{b}-c \pi}{d}. Compute a + b + c + d
How many tetrahedra have side lengths of 2,3,4,5,6,7?
Triangle ABC has circumradius 201 and inradius 6. Three circles of radius \frac{p}{q}, where p and q are relatively prime positive integers, meet at exactly one point, and each is tangent to two distinct sides of triangle ABC. Find p + q.
We are given a circle and a square in the plane with radius r and side length s, respectively. Let X be the locus of points that is a midpoint between some point inside the circle and some point inside the square. If the minimum value of [X]/rs, where [X] is the area of region X, can be written as \frac{a+\sqrt{\pi}}{b}, find a + b.
Imagine a paper cutout in the shape of an equilateral triangle that has three other equilateral triangles that each share a distinct side of the original triangle. This shape can be folded up into a tetrahedron. How many such shapes in 2D are there that fold into a tetrahedron? Valid shapes must consist of a tessellation of equal sized equilateral triangles, and two shapes are considered the same (and shouldn’t be counted separately) if they can be rotated or flipped to match.
Suppose that \vartriangle ABC has side lengths AB = 2013, AC = 2015 and BC = 1007. Let P be a point inside \vartriangle ABC. Let X and Y be the feet of the perpendiculars from P to AB and AC respectively. Suppose that \angle BPX = \angle CPY . Let the perpendicular bisector of XY intersect segment BC at Q. If \left(\frac{BQ}{QC}\right)^2=\frac{a}{b} where a, b are coprime positive integers, find a + b.
Triangle ABC has AB=BC=10 and CA=16. The circle \Omega is drawn with diameter BC. \Omega meets AC at points C and D. Find the area of triangle ABD.
A right regular hexagonal prism has bases ABCDEF, A'B'C'D'E'F' and edges AA', BB', CC', DD', EE', FF', each of which is perpendicular to both hexagons. The height of the prism is 5 and the side length of the hexagons is 6. The plane P passes through points A, C', and E. The area of the portion of P contained in the prism can be expressed as m\sqrt{n}, where n is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find m+n.
An equilateral triangle ABC has side length 7. Point P is in the interior of triangle ABC, such that PB=3 and PC=5. The distance between the circumcenters of ABC and PBC can be expressed as \frac{m\sqrt{n}}{p}, where n is not divisible by the square of any prime and m and p are relatively prime positive integers. What is m+n+p?
Rectangle HOMF has HO=11 and OM=5. Triangle ABC has orthocenter H and circumcenter O. M is the midpoint of BC and altitude AF meets BC at F. Find the length of BC.
Triangle ABC has \angle{A}=90^{\circ}, AB=2, and AC=4. Circle \omega_1 has center C and radius CA, while circle \omega_2 has center B and radius BA. The two circles intersect at E, different from point A. Point M is on \omega_2 and in the interior of ABC, such that BM is parallel to EC. Suppose EM intersects \omega_1 at point K and AM intersects \omega_1 at point Z. What is the area of quadrilateral ZEBK?
Let ACDB be a cyclic quadrilateral with circumcenter \omega. Let AC=5, CD=6, and DB=7. Suppose that there exists a unique point P on \omega such that \overline{PC} intersects \overline{AB} at a point P_1 and \overline{PD} intersects \overline{AB} at a point P_2, such that AP_1=3 and P_2B=4. Let Q be the unique point on \omega such that \overline{QC} intersects \overline{AB} at a point Q_1, \overline{QD} intersects \overline{AB} at a point Q_2, Q_1 is closer to B than P_1 is to B, and P_2Q_2=2. The length of P_1Q_1 can be written as \frac{p}{q}, where p and q are relatively prime positive integers. Find p+q.
Triangle ABC with AB=4, BC=5, CA=6 has circumcircle \Omega and incircle \omega. Let \Gamma be the circle tangent to \Omega and the sides AB, BC, and let X=\Gamma \cap \Omega. Let Y, Z be distinct points on \Omega such that XY, YZ are tangent to \omega. Find YZ^2.
The following fact may be useful: if \triangle{ABC} has incircle w with incenter I and radius r, and \triangle{DEF} is the intouch triangle (i.e. D, E, F are intersections of incircle with BC, CA, AB, respectively) and H is the orthocenter of \triangle{DEF}, then the inversion of X about \omega (i.e. the point X' on ray IX such that IX' \cdot IX=r^2) is the midpoint of DH.
The following fact may be useful: if \triangle{ABC} has incircle w with incenter I and radius r, and \triangle{DEF} is the intouch triangle (i.e. D, E, F are intersections of incircle with BC, CA, AB, respectively) and H is the orthocenter of \triangle{DEF}, then the inversion of X about \omega (i.e. the point X' on ray IX such that IX' \cdot IX=r^2) is the midpoint of DH.
Equilateral triangle ABC has area 1. A', B', and C' are the midpoints of BC, CA, and AB, respectively. A'', B'', C'' are the midpoints of B'C', C'A', and A'B', respectively. The area of trapezoid BB''C''C can be written as \frac{m}{n} for relative prime positive integers m and n. Find m+n.
A kite is inscribed in a circle with center O and radius 60. The diagonals of the kite meet at a point P, and OP is an integer. The minimum possible area of the kite can be expressed in the form a\sqrt{b}, where a and b are positive integers and b is squarefree. Find a+b.
Triangle ABC has incenter I. The line through I perpendicular to AI meets the circumcircle of ABC at points P and Q, where P and B are on the same side of AI. Let X be the point such that PX // CI and QX // BI. Show that P B, QC, and IX intersect at a common point.
In regular pentagon ABCDE, let O \in CE be the center of circle \Gamma tangent to DA and DE. \Gamma meets DE at X and DA at Y . Let the altitude from B meet CD at P. If CP = 1, the area of \vartriangle COY can be written in the form \frac{a}{b} \frac{\sin c^o}{\cos^2 c^o} , where a and b are relatively prime positive integers and c is an integer in the range (0, 90). Find a + b + c.
A point-sized cue ball is fired in a straight path from the center of a regular hexagonal billiards table of side length 1. If it is not launched directly into a pocket but travels an integer distance before falling into one of the pockets (located in the corners), find the minimum distance that it could have traveled.
A cylinder has radius 6 and height 12. An equilateral triangle is inscribed in both bases of the cylinder, then a triangular prism is removed from the cylinder by drilling perpendicular to the bases through the image of the equilateral triangles. If the surface area of the new figure can be expressed as a\pi+b\sqrt{c} for integers a, b, and c (where c is divisible by no perfect squares) then find a + b + c.
Kapil the Kingly, Casimir the Conjurer, and Zack the Zombie all stand in clockwise order on the perimeter of a circular hockey rink with radius 10 meters. The central angle between Kapil and Casimir is 30^o and the central angle between Casimir and Zack is 130^o . Kapil smacks a hockey puck in a certain direction, and the puck bounces against the edge of the rink without losing velocity. Kapil aims his shot so that it takes the minimal number of bounces to reach both Casimir and Zack. If the total number of meters traveled by the puck when it has reached the final person is a \sin (b^o), where a and b are positive integers and 0 \le b < 90^o, find a + b.
Note: the puck bounces off of the rink according to the rule “angle of incidence equals angle of reflection” with respect to the tangent line.
Points E and F lie on sides AC and AB (respectively) of \vartriangle ABC so that EF \parallel BC. Suppose there is a point P on the circumcircle of \vartriangle ABC such that \angle BPE = \angle CPF = 90^o . Given that AB = 13, BC = 14, and CA = 15, the distance from P to line EF can be written in the form \frac{p}{q} where p and q are positive integers with \gcd (p, q) = 1. Find p + q.
Frist Campus Center is located 1 mile north and 1 mile west of Fine Hall. The area within 5 miles of Fine Hall that is located north and east of Frist can be expressed in the form \frac{a}{b} \pi - c, where a, b, c are positive integers and a and b are relatively prime. Find a + b + c.
Let \overline{AD} be a diameter of a circle. Let point B be on the circle, point C on \overline{AD} such that A, B, C form a right triangle at C. The value of the hypotenuse of the triangle is 4 times the square root of its area. If \overline{BC} has length 30, what is the length of the radius of the circle?
Let \triangle ABC satisfy AB = 17, AC = \frac{70}{3} and BC = 19. Let I be the incenter of \triangle ABC and E be the excenter of \triangle ABC opposite A. (Note: this means that the circle tangent to ray AB beyond B, ray AC beyond C, and side BC is centered at E.) Suppose the circle with diameter IE intersects AB beyond B at D. If BD = \frac{a}{b} where a, b are coprime positive integers, find a + b.
Triangle ABC has \angle{A}=90^\circ, \angle{C}=30^\circ, and AC=12. Let the circumcircle of this triangle be W. Define D to be the point on arc BC not containing A so that \angle{CAD}=60^\circ. Define points E and F to be the foots of the perpendiculars from D to lines AB and AC, respectively.
Let J be the intersection of line EF with W, where J is on the minor arc AC. The line DF intersects W at H other than D. The area of the triangle FHJ is in the form \frac{a}{b}(\sqrt{c}-\sqrt{d}) for positive integers a,b,c,d, where a,b are relatively prime, and the sum of a,b,c,d is minimal. Find a+b+c+d.
Let J be the intersection of line EF with W, where J is on the minor arc AC. The line DF intersects W at H other than D. The area of the triangle FHJ is in the form \frac{a}{b}(\sqrt{c}-\sqrt{d}) for positive integers a,b,c,d, where a,b are relatively prime, and the sum of a,b,c,d is minimal. Find a+b+c+d.
Let \triangle BC be a triangle with side lengths AB = 9, BC = 10, CA = 11. Let O be the circumcenter of \triangle ABC. Denote D = AO \cap BC, E = BO \cap CA, F = CO \cap AB. If \frac{1}{AD} + \frac{1}{BE} + \frac{1}{FC} can be written in simplest form as \frac{a \sqrt{b}}{c}, find a + b + c.
Let triangle ABC have \angle BAC = 45^{\circ} and circumcircle \Gamma and let M be the intersection of the angle bisector of \angle BAC with \Gamma. Let \Omega be the circle tangent to segments \overline{AB} and \overline{AC} and internally tangent to \Gamma at point T. Given that \angle TMA = 45^{\circ} and that TM = \sqrt{100 - 50 \sqrt{2}}, the length of BC can be written as a \sqrt{b}, where b is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find a + b.
Let ABCD be a parallelogram such that AB = 35 and BC = 28. Suppose that BD \perp BC. Let \ell_1 be the reflection of AC across the angle bisector of \angle BAD, and let \ell_2 be the line through B perpendicular to CD. \ell_1 and \ell_2 intersect at a point P. If PD can be expressed in simplest form as \frac{m}{n}, find m + n.
Let \omega be a circle. Let E be on \omega and S outside \omega such that line segment SE is tangent to \omega. Let R be on \omega. Let line SR intersect \omega at B other than R, such that R is between S and B. Let I be the intersection of the bisector of \angle ESR with the line tangent to \omega at R; let A be the intersection of the bisector of \angle ESR with ER. If the radius of the circumcircle of \triangle EIA is 10, the radius of the circumcircle of \triangle SAB is 14, and SA = 18, then IA can be expressed in simplest form as \frac{m}{n}. Find m + n.
Let a right cone of the base radius r=3 and height greater than 6 be inscribed in a sphere of radius R=6. The volume of the cone can be expressed as \pi(a\sqrt{b}+c), where b is square free. Find a+b+c.
Consider rectangle ABCD with AB=30 and BC=60. Construct circle T whose diameter is AD. Construct circle S whose diameter is AB. Let circles S and T intersect at P such that P\neq A. Let AP intersect BC at E. Let F be the point on AB such that EF is tangent to the circle with diameter AD. Find the area of triangle AEF.
Let ABC be a triangle. Construct three circles k_1, k_2, and k_3 with the same radius such that they intersect each other at a common point O inside the triangle ABC and k_1\cap k_2=\{A,O\}, k_2 \cap k_3=\{B,O\}, k_3\cap k_1=\{C,O\}. Let t_a be a common tangent of circles k_1 and k_2 such that A is closer to t_a than O. Define t_b and t_c similarly. Those three tangents determine a triangle MNP such that the triangle ABC is inside the triangle MNP. Prove that the area of MNP is at least 9 times the area of ABC.
Let triangle \triangle{ABC} have AB=90 and AC=66. Suppose that the line IG is perpendicular to side BC, where I and G are the incenter and centroid, respectively. Find the length of BC.
Let triangle \triangle{MNP} have side lengths MN=13, NP=89, and PM=100. Define points S, R, and B as the midpoints of \overline{MN}, \overline{NP}, and \overline{PM} respectively. A line \ell cuts lines \overline{MN}, \overline{NP}, and \overline{PM} at points I, J, and A respectively. Find the minimum value of (SI+RJ+BA)^2.
In right triangle \triangle{ABC}, a square WXYZ is inscribed such that vertices W and X lie on hypotenuse \overline{AB}, vertex Y lies on leg \overline{BC}, and vertex Z lies on leg \overline{CA}. Let \overline{AY} and \overline{BZ} intersect at some point P. If the length of each side of square WXYZ is 4, the length of the hypotenuse \overline{AB} is 60, and the distance between point P and point G, where G denotes the centroid of \triangle{ABC}, is \tfrac{a}{b}, compute the value of a+b.
Aaron the Ant is somewhere on the exterior of a hollow cube of side length 2 inches, and Fred the Flea is on the inside, at one of the vertices. At some instant, Fred flies in a straight line towards the opposite vertex, and simultaneously Aaron begins crawling on the exterior of the cube towards that same vertex. Fred moves at \sqrt{3} inches per second and Aaron moves at \sqrt{2} inches per second. If Aaron arrives before Fred, the area of the surface on the cube from which Aaron could have started can be written as a\pi+\sqrt{b}+c where a, b, and c are integers. Find a+b+c.
Let ABC be a triangle with side lengths 13,14,15. The points on the interior of ABC with distance at least 1 from each side are shaded. The area of the shaded region can be written in simplest form as \tfrac{m}{n}. Find m+n.
Some number of regular polygons meet at a point on the plane such that the polygons' interiors do not overlap, but the polygons fully surround the point (i.e. a sufficiently small circle centered at the point would be contained in the union of the polygons). What is the largest possible number of sides in any of the polygons?
Kite ABCD has right angles at B and D, and AB<BC. Points E\in AB and F\in AD satisfy AE=4, EF=7, and FA=5. If AB=8 and points X lies outside ABCD while satisfying XE-XF=1 and XE+XF+2XA=23, then XA may be written as \tfrac{a-b\sqrt{c}}{d} for a,b,c,d positive integers with \gcd(a^2,b^2,c,d^2)=1 and c squarefree. Find a+b+c+d.
The triangle ABC satisfies AB=10 and has angles \angle{A}=75^{\circ}, \angle{B}=60^{\circ}, and \angle C = 45^{\circ}. Let I_A be the center of the excircle opposite A, and let D, E be the circumcenters of triangle BCI_A and ACI_A respectively. If O is the circumcenter of triangle ABC, then the area of triangle EOD can be written as \tfrac{a\sqrt{b}}{c} for square-free b and coprime a,c. Find the value of a+b+c.
A right cone in xyz-space has its apex at (0,0,0), and the endpoints of a diameter on its base are (12,13,-9) and (12,-5,15). The volume of the cone can be expressed as a\pi. What is a?
2019 PUMaC Geometry A2 / B3
Let \triangle ABC be a triangle with circumcenter O and orthocenter H. Let D be a point on the circumcircle of ABC such that AD \perp BC. Suppose that AB = 6, DB = 2, and the ratio \tfrac{\text{area}(\triangle ABC)}{\text{area}(\triangle HBC)}=5. Then, if OA is the length of the circumradius, then OA^2 can be written in the form \tfrac{m}{n}, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Compute m + n.
Let \triangle ABC be a triangle with circumcenter O and orthocenter H. Let D be a point on the circumcircle of ABC such that AD \perp BC. Suppose that AB = 6, DB = 2, and the ratio \tfrac{\text{area}(\triangle ABC)}{\text{area}(\triangle HBC)}=5. Then, if OA is the length of the circumradius, then OA^2 can be written in the form \tfrac{m}{n}, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Compute m + n.
2019 PUMaC Geometry A3 / B4
Suppose we choose two numbers x,y\in[0,1] uniformly at random. If the probability that the circle with center (x,y) and radius |x-y| lies entirely within the unit square [0,1]\times [0,1] is written as \tfrac{p}{q} with p and q relatively prime nonnegative integers, then what is p^2+q^2
Suppose we choose two numbers x,y\in[0,1] uniformly at random. If the probability that the circle with center (x,y) and radius |x-y| lies entirely within the unit square [0,1]\times [0,1] is written as \tfrac{p}{q} with p and q relatively prime nonnegative integers, then what is p^2+q^2
Let BC=6, BX=3, CX=5, and let F be the midpoint of \overline{BC}. Let \overline{AX}\perp\overline{BC} and AF=\sqrt{247}. If AC is of the form \sqrt{b} and AB is of the form \sqrt{c} where b and c are nonnegative integers, find 2c+3b.
2019 PUMaC Geometry A5 / B6
Let \Gamma be a circle with center A, radius 1 and diameter BX. Let \Omega be a circle with center C, radius 1 and diameter DY , where X and Y are on the same side of AC. \Gamma meets \Omega at two points, one of which is Z. The lines tangent to \Gamma and \Omega that pass through Z cut out a sector of the plane containing no part of either circle and with angle 60^\circ. If \angle XY C = \angle CAB and \angle XCD = 90^\circ, then the length of XY can be written in the form \tfrac{\sqrt a+\sqrt b}{c} for integers a, b, c where \gcd(a, b, c) = 1. Find a + b + c.
Let \Gamma be a circle with center A, radius 1 and diameter BX. Let \Omega be a circle with center C, radius 1 and diameter DY , where X and Y are on the same side of AC. \Gamma meets \Omega at two points, one of which is Z. The lines tangent to \Gamma and \Omega that pass through Z cut out a sector of the plane containing no part of either circle and with angle 60^\circ. If \angle XY C = \angle CAB and \angle XCD = 90^\circ, then the length of XY can be written in the form \tfrac{\sqrt a+\sqrt b}{c} for integers a, b, c where \gcd(a, b, c) = 1. Find a + b + c.
Let two ants stand on the perimeter of a regular 2019-gon of unit side length. One of them stands on a vertex and the other one is on the midpoint of the opposite side. They start walking along the perimeter at the same speed counterclockwise. The locus of their midpoints traces out a figure P in the plane with N corners. Let the area enclosed by the convex hull of P be \tfrac{A}{B}\tfrac{\sin^m\left(\tfrac{\pi}{4038}\right)}{\tan\left(\tfrac{\pi}{2019}\right)}, where A and B are coprime positive integers, and m is the smallest possible positive integer such that this formula holds. Find A+B+m+N.
Note: The convex hull of a figure P is the convex polygon of smallest area which contains P.
Note: The convex hull of a figure P is the convex polygon of smallest area which contains P.
Let ABCD be a trapezoid such that AB||CD and let P=AC\cap BD,AB=21,CD=7,AD=13,[ABCD]=168. Let the line parallel to AB through P intersect the circumcircle of BCP in X. Circumcircles of BCP and APD intersect at P,Y. Let XY\cap BC=Z. If \angle ADC is obtuse, then BZ=\frac{a}{b}, where a,b are coprime positive integers. Compute a+b.
Let \gamma and \Gamma be two circles such that \gamma is internally tangent to \Gamma at a point X. Let P be a point on the common tangent of \gamma and \Gamma and Y be the point on \gamma other than X such that PY is tangent to \gamma at Y. Let PY intersect \Gamma at A and B, such that A is in between P and B and let the tangents to \Gamma at A and B intersect at C. CX intersects \Gamma again at Z and ZY intersects \Gamma again at Q. If AQ = 6, AB = 10 and \tfrac{AX}{XB} = \tfrac{1}{4}. The length of QZ = \tfrac{p}{q}\sqrt{r} where p and q are coprime positive integers, and r is square free positive integer. Find p + q + r.
Suppose we have a convex quadrilateral ABCD such that \angle B = 100^\circ and the circumcircle of \triangle ABC has a center at D. Find the measure, in degrees, of \angle D.
Note: The circumcircle of a \triangle ABC is the unique circle containing A, B, and C.
Note: The circumcircle of a \triangle ABC is the unique circle containing A, B, and C.
Let ABCDEF be a convex hexagon with area S such that AB \parallel DE, BC \parallel EF, CD \parallel FA holds, and whose all angles are obtuse and opposite sides are not the same length. Prove that the following inequality holds:A_{ABC} + A_{BCD} + A_{CDE} + A_{DEF} + A_{EFA} + A_{FAB} < S, where A_{XYZ} is the area of triangle XYZ
Let MN be a chord of the circle \Gamma and let S be the midpoint of MN. Let A, B, C, D be points on \Gamma such that AC and BD intersect at S and A and B are on the same side of MN. Let d_A, d_B, d_C , d_D be the distances from MN to A, B, C, and D, respectively. Prove that \frac{1}{d_A}+\frac{1}{d_D}=\frac{1}{d_B}+\frac{1}{d_C}.
Let f(x) = x^3 + 3x^2 + 1. There is a unique line of the form y = mx + b such that m > 0 and this line intersects f(x) at three points, A, B, C such that AB = BC = 2. Find \lfloor 100m \rfloor.
The curves y = x + 5 and y = x^2 - 3x intersect at points A and B. C is a point on the lower curve between A and B. The maximum possible area of the quadrilateral ABCO can be written as A/B for coprime A, B. Find A + B.
In quadrilateral ABCD, angles A, B, C, D form an increasing arithmetic sequence. Also, \angle ACB = 90^o . If CD = 14 and the length of the altitude from C to AB is 9, compute the area of ABCD.
Let right triangle ABC have hypotenuse AC and AB = 8. Let D be the foot of the altitude from B to AC. If ABC has area 60, then the length of BD can be expressed in the form \frac{a}{b}, where a and b are relatively prime, positive integers. Find a + b.
Consider a triangle where the sum of the three side lengths is equal to the product of the three side lengths. If the circumcircle has 25 times the area of the incircle, the distance between the incenter and the circumcenter can be expressed in the form \frac{\sqrt{x}}{y} , for integers x and y, with x square-free. Find x + y.
In \vartriangle ABC, let \angle CAB = 45 deg, and |AB| =\sqrt2, |AC| = 6. Let M be the midpoint of side BC. The line AM intersects the circumcircle of \vartriangle ABC at P. The circle centered at M with radius MP intersects the circumcircle of ABC again at Q \ne P. Suppose the tangent to the circumcircle of \vartriangle ABC at B intersects AQ at T. Find TC^2.
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Let \gamma_1 and \gamma_2 be circles centered at O and P respectively, and externally tangent to each other at point Q. Draw point D on \gamma_1 and point E on \gamma_2 such that line DE is tangent to both circles. If the length OQ = 1 and the area of the quadrilateral ODEP is 520, then what is the value of length PQ?
Hexagon ABCDEF has an inscribed circle \Omega that is tangent to each of its sides. If AB = 12, \angle FAB = 120^o, and \angle ABC = 150^o, and if the radius of \Omega can be written as m +\sqrt{n} for positive integers m, n, find m + n.
Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral with circumcenter O and radius 10. Let sides AB, BC, CD, and DA have midpoints M, N, P, and Q, respectively. If MP = NQ and OM + OP = 16, then what is the area of triangle \vartriangle OAB?
Let C be a circle centered at point O, and let P be a point in the interior of C. Let Q be a point on the circumference of C such that PQ \perp OP, and let D be the circle with diameter PQ. Consider a circle tangent to C whose circumference passes through point P. Let the curve \Gamma be the locus of the centers of all such circles. If the area enclosed by \Gamma is 1/100 the area of C, then what is the ratio of the area of C to the area of D?
Triangle ABC is so that AB = 15, BC = 22, and AC = 20. Let D, E, F lie on BC, AC, and AB, respectively, so AD, BE, CF all contain a point K. Let L be the second intersection of the circumcircles of BFK and CEK. Suppose that \frac{AK}{KD} = \frac{11}{7} , and BD = 6. If KL^2 =\frac{a}{b}, where a, b are relatively prime integers, find a + b.
Triangle ABC has side lengths 13, 14, and 15. Let E be the ellipse that encloses the smallest area which passes through A, B, and C. The area of E is of the form \frac{a \sqrt{b}\pi}{c} , where a and c are coprime and b has no square factors. Find a + b + c.
Let ABC be a triangle with sides AB = 34, BC = 15, AC = 35 and let \Gamma be the circle of smallest possible radius passing through A tangent to BC. Let the second intersections of \Gamma and sides AB, AC be the points X, Y . Let the ray XY intersect the circumcircle of the triangle ABC at Z. If AZ =\frac{p}{q} for relatively prime integers p and q, find p + q.
A_1A_2A_3A_4 is a cyclic quadrilateral inscribed in circle \Omega, with side lengths A_1A_2 = 28, A_2A_3 =12\sqrt3, A_3A_4 = 28\sqrt3, and A_4A_1 = 8. Let X be the intersection of A_1A_3, A_2A_4. Now, for i = 1, 2, 3, 4, let \omega_i be the circle tangent to segments A_iX, A_{i+1}X, and \Omega, where we take indices cyclically (mod 4). Furthermore, for each i, say \omega_i is tangent to A_1A_3 at X_i , A_2A_4 at Y_i , and \Omega at T_i . Let P_1 be the intersection of T_1X_1 and T_2X_2, and P_3 the intersection of T_3X_3 and T_4X_4. Let P_2 be the intersection of T_2Y_2 and T_3Y_3, and P_4 the intersection of T_1Y_1 and T_4Y_4. Find the area of quadrilateral P_1P_2P_3P_4.
You are walking along a road of constant width with sidewalks on each side. You can only walk on the sidewalks or cross the road perpendicular to the sidewalk. Coming up on a turn, you realize that you are on the “outside” of the turn; i.e., you are taking the longer way around the turn. The turn is a circular arc. Assuming that your destination is on the same side of the road as you are currently, let \theta be the smallest turn angle, in radians, that would justify crossing the road and then crossing back after the turn to take the shorter total path to your destination. What is \lfloor 100 \cdot \theta \rfloor ?
Seven students in Princeton Juggling Club are searching for a room to meet in. However, they must stay at least 6 feet apart from each other, and due to midterms, the only open rooms they can find are circular. In feet, what is the smallest diameter of any circle which can contain seven points, all of which are at least 6 feet apart from each other?
Helen has a wooden rectangle of unknown dimensions, a straightedge, and a pencil (no compass). Is it possible for her to construct a line segment on the rectangle connecting the midpoints of two opposite sides, where she cannot draw any lines or points outside the rectangle?
Note: Helen is allowed to draw lines between two points she has already marked, and mark the intersection of any two lines she has already drawn, if the intersection lies on the rectangle. Further, Helen is allowed to mark arbitrary points either on the rectangle or on a segment she has previously drawn. Assume that only the four vertices of the rectangle have been marked prior to the beginning of this process.
Let ABC be a triangle and let the points D, E be on the rays AB, AC such that BCED is cyclic. Prove that the following two statements are equivalent:
\bullet There is a point X on the circumcircle of ABC such that BDX, CEX are tangent to each other.
\bullet AB \cdot AD \le 4R^2, where R is the radius of the circumcircle of ABC.
Let X, Y , and Z be concentric circles with radii 1, 13, and 22, respectively. Draw points A, B, and C on X, Y , and Z, respectively, such that the area of triangle ABC is as large as possible. If the area of the triangle is \Delta, find \Delta^2.
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