2020 CIME I Problems/Problem 9

Problem 9

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with $AB=6, AC=8, BD=5, CD=2$ . Let $P$ be the point on $\overline{AD}$ such that $\angle APB = \angle CPD$ . Then $\frac{BP}{CP}$ can be expressed in the form $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$ .

Solution

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Let $C'$ be the reflection of $C$ over line $AD$ . Since $\angle APB = \angle CPD = \angle C'PD$ , $B, P, C$ are collinear. Suppose $X$ and $Y$ are the projections of $B$ and $C$ onto line $AD$ , respectively. We want to find $\frac{BP}{CP}$ which by similar triangles is also equal to $\frac{BX}{C'Y}$ from $\triangle BPX \sim \triangle C'PY$ . Since $C'Y=CY$ , this also equals $\frac{BX}{CY}$ . We know that $\triangle ABD$ and $\triangle ACD$ each share the same base, so this can also be interpreted as $\frac{[ABD]}{[ACD]}$ . The sine area formula gives $\frac{[ABD]}{[ACD]} = \frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 6 \cdot 5 \sin ABD}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 8 \cdot 2 \sin ACD}.$ Quadrilateral $ABCD$ is cyclic, so $\angle ABD = \angle ACD$ because both angles subtend arc $\widehat{AD}$ on the circumcircle of Quadrilateral $ABCD$ . We can then replace every $\angle ACD$ with $\angle ABD$ , but realise that if we do that, the $\angle ABD$ s will cancel out. The requested area ratio is thus $\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 6 \cdot 5}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 8 \cdot 2} = \frac{15}{8}$ . The answer is $15+8=\boxed{023}$ .

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