2021 AIME II Problems/Problem 14

Problem

Let $\Delta ABC$ be an acute triangle with circumcenter $O$ and centroid $G$ . Let $X$ be the intersection of the line tangent to the circumcircle of $\Delta ABC$ at $A$ and the line perpendicular to $GO$ at $G$ . Let $Y$ be the intersection of lines $XG$ and $BC$ . Given that the measures of $\angle ABC, \angle BCA,$ and $\angle XOY$ are in the ratio $13 : 2 : 17,$ the degree measure of $\angle BAC$ can be written as $\frac{m}{n},$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$ .

Solution

Let $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$ . Because $\angle{OAX}=\angle{OGX}=\angle{OGY}=\angle{OMY}=90^o$ , $AXOG$ and $OMYG$ are cyclic, so $O$ is the center of the spiral similarity sending $AM$ to $XY$ , and $\angle{XOY}=\angle{AOM}$ . Because $\angle{AOM}=2\angle{BCA}+\angle{BAC}$ , it's easy to get $\frac{585}{7} \implies \boxed{592}$ from here.

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