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geometry senior
Problem
In triangle , , , and . Let be a point in the interior of . Let points and denote the incenters of triangles and , respectively. The circumcircles of triangles and meet at distinct points and . The maximum possible area of can be expressed in the form , where , , and are positive integers and is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find .
Solution
First, by the Law of Cosines, we haveso . Let and be the circumcenters of triangles and , respectively. We first computeBecause and are half of and , respectively, the above expression can be simplified toSimilarly, . As a result Therefore is constant (). Also, is or when is or . Let point be on the same side of as with ; is on the circle with as the center and as the radius, which is . The shortest distance from to is . When the area of is the maximum, the distance from to has to be the greatest. In this case, it's . The maximum area of isand the requested answer is .
Final answer
150