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geometry senior

Problem

Rectangle and a semicircle with diameter are coplanar and have nonoverlapping interiors. Let denote the region enclosed by the semicircle and the rectangle. Line meets the semicircle, segment , and segment at distinct points , , and , respectively. Line divides region into two regions with areas in the ratio . Suppose that , , and . Then can be represented as , where and are positive integers and is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find .
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Solution
The center of the semicircle is also the midpoint of . Let this point be O. Let be the length of . Rescale everything by 42, so . Then so . Since is a radius of the semicircle, . Thus is an equilateral triangle. Let , , and be the areas of triangle , sector , and trapezoid respectively. To find we have to find the length of . Project and onto to get points and . Notice that and are similar. Thus: . Then . So: Let be the area of the side of line containing regions . Then Obviously, the is greater than the area on the other side of line . This other area is equal to the total area minus . Thus: . Now just solve for . Don't forget to un-rescale at the end to get . Finally, the answer is .
Final answer
69