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geometry senior
Problem
Triangle has side lengths , , and . Rectangle has vertex on , vertex on , and vertices and on . In terms of the side length , the area of can be expressed as the quadratic polynomial Then the coefficient , where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .
Solution
If , the area of rectangle is , so and . If , we can reflect over , over , and over to completely cover rectangle , so the area of is half the area of the triangle. Using Heron's formula, since , so and so the answer is .
Final answer
161