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geometry senior

Problem

In acute triangle points and are the feet of the perpendiculars from to and from to , respectively. Line intersects the circumcircle of in two distinct points, and . Suppose , , and . The value of can be written in the form where and are positive integers, and is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find .
Solution
Let Therefore By power of point, we have Which are simplified to Or (1) Or Let Then, In triangle , by law of cosine Pluging (1) Or Substitute everything by The quadratic term is cancelled out after simplified Which gives Plug back in, Then So the final answer is
Final answer
574