2025 SSMO Accuracy Round Problems/Problem 5

Problem

$ABC$ is an isosceles triangle with base $BC = 6$ and $AB = AC$ . Point $M$ is the midpoint of $BC$ such that $AM = 9$ . Circle $\omega_1$ is the circumcircle of $ABC$ with radius $R,$ and $\omega_2$ is a circle passing through $B$ and $C$ with radius $2R$ and center on the opposite side of $BC$ as $A$ . Segment $AM$ intersects $\omega_2$ at point $X$ and $\omega_1$ at point $Y,$ where $X$ lies between $A$ and $Y$ . The length $XY$ can be expressed as $m - \sqrt{n},$ where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers. Find $m+n$ .

Solution

$[asy] unitsize(0.3cm); import geometry; point A=(0,9); point B=(-3,0); point C=(3,0); point M=0.5*C+0.5*B; point Y=intersectionpoints(line(A,M),circle(A,B,C))[0]; point Z=(0,-19.54); point X=intersectionpoints(circle(B,C,Z),line(A,M))[1]; draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(circle(A,B,C),blue); draw(circle(B,C,Z),blue); draw(A--Y,red); draw(Y--Z,red+dashed); dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); dot(M); dot(X); dot(Y); dot(Z); label("$A$",A,dir(90)); label("$B$",B+(-0.35,0.2),dir(180)); label("$C$",C+(0.35,0.2),dir(0)); label("$Z$",Z,dir(-90)); label("$\omega_1$",(-4,4),dir(90)); label("$\omega_2$",(9,-10),dir(90)); point S=(30,-5); point Ap=(0,27)+S; point Bp=(-9,0)+S; point Cp=(9,0)+S; point Mp=0.5*Bp+0.5*Cp; point Yp=intersectionpoints(line(Ap,Mp),circle(Ap,Bp,Cp))[0]; point Zp=(0,-61.62)+S; point Xp=intersectionpoints(circle(Bp,Cp,Zp),line(Ap,Mp))[1]; point P=circumcenter(Ap,Bp,Cp); point Q=circumcenter(Bp,Cp,Zp); real r=circumradius(Ap,Bp,Cp); real s=circumradius(Bp,Cp,Zp); draw(Bp--Cp); draw(Xp--Xp+(0,3),red); draw(Xp--Yp,red); draw(Yp--Yp+(0,-3),red+dashed); draw(arccircle(P+r*dir(320),Yp,P+r*dir(220)),blue); draw(arccircle(Q+s*dir(115),Xp,Q+s*dir(65)),blue); draw(Bp--0.85*Bp+0.15*Ap); draw(Cp--0.85*Cp+0.15*Ap); dot(Bp); dot(Cp); dot(Mp); dot(Xp); dot(Yp); label("$B$",Bp+(-0.8,0.3),dir(180)); label("$C$",Cp+(0.8,0.3),dir(0)); label("$M$",Mp+(0.1,-0.2),dir(215)); label("$X$",Xp+(-0.8,0),dir(90)); label("$Y$",Yp+(0.8,0),dir(-90)); [/asy]$

Suppose line $AM$ intersects $\omega_2$ again at $Z\ne X$ . Note that because $\triangle ABC$ is isosceles, $AY$ and $XZ$ are diameters of $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ , respectively, so $XZ = 2\cdot AY$ . Now, by power of a point on $M$ with respect to $\omega_1$ , we have $AM\cdot YM = BM\cdot CM$ . Since $AM = 9$ and $BM=CM = 3$ , we have $YM = 1$ . Therefore, $AY = 10$ and $XZ = 20$ .

Let $t = XM$ ; note that $ZM = 20-t$ . By power of a point on $M$ with respect to $\omega_2$ , we have $XM\cdot ZM = BM\cdot CM$ , or $t(20-t) = 9$ . This is a quadratic in $t$ that we can solve to find that $t = 10+\sqrt{91}$ or $t=10-\sqrt{91}$ . Because the radius of $\omega_2$ is greater than the radius of $\omega_1$ , it follows that $M$ lies between $X$ and the center of $\omega_2$ . Thus, $t < 10$ , so $t = 10 - \sqrt{91}$ . To finish, we have $XY = XM+YM = 11-\sqrt{91}$ , so the answer is $11+91 = \boxed{102}$ .

~Sedro

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