2017 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 24

Problem 24

The vertices of an equilateral triangle lie on the hyperbola $xy=1$ , and a vertex of this hyperbola is the centroid of the triangle. What is the square of the area of the triangle?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 48\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 60\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 108\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 120\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 169$

Solution

WLOG, let the centroid of the triangle be $(-1,-1)$ , and let it be $I$ . By symmetry, $A = (1,1)$ , so $AI = BI = CI = 2\sqrt{2}$ , so since $\triangle AIB$ is isosceles and $\angle AIB = 120^{\circ}$ , then by Law of Cosines, $AB = 2\sqrt{6}$ . Therefore, the area of the triangle is $\frac{(2\sqrt{6})^2\sqrt{3}}4 = 6\sqrt{3}$ , so the square of the area of the triangle is $\boxed{\textbf{(C) } 108}$ .

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