1.

Find arctan 2+arctan 3 in degrees

Solution:

Let x=arctan 2+arctan 3 . Then the tangent-sum formula gives:

2
3
arctan ¿
¿
¿
¿
2
3
arctan ¿
¿
¿
arctan ¿ tan ⁡¿
arctan ¿+ tan ⁡¿
¿
tan ¿
tan x=¿

There are two places where tan x=−1:135 ° ,∧325° . 45° =arctan 1<arctan 2< arctan 3<90 ° .
3
°
So, 90 < arctan 2+arctan 3<180 °
. Since arctan 2+arctan ¿ , then
¿
tan ⁡¿
°
arctan 2+arctan 3=135

2. in the following diagram, which is not drawn to scale, the shaded area is 32 π . The
circle has radius BC =BA =6 . Find the measure of ∠ ABC .

Solution:

The area of the circle is 36 π .

The area of the triangle is 4 π =( 1/2 ) 6.6 sin (∠ ABC )

2π
So sin(∠ ABC )=2 π /9 . Thus the angle is arcsin ⁡( )
9

3. An octagon in the plane is symmetric about the x -axis, the y -axis, and the line
whose equations is y=x . If (1, √ 3) is a vertex of the octagon, find its area

Solution:

The vertices of the octagon are ( ± 1,± √ 3 ) and ( ± √3 , ± 1 ) . The area can be computed by
computing the area of the enclosing square that is 2 √ 3 ×2 √ 3 and subtracting the area of
the four right isosceles triangles or, equivalently, the area of two squares that are
2 2
√ 3−1 × √ 3−1 . The area is ( 2 √3 ) −2 ( √3−1 ) =12−2 ( 4−2 √3 ) =4 +4 √ 3

4. In △ ABC , AC=13, BC =15 and the area of △ ABC=84 . If CD=7,CE =13 and
p
the area of △ CDE can be represented as where p and q are relatively prime
q
positive integer, find q .
Solution:

1 1
The area of △ ABC is . AC . BC . sin C= .13. 15. sin C=84
2 2

1 1
The area of △ CDE is .CD .CE . sin C= .7 . 13 . sinC . Let [ ABC ] be the area of
2 2
[ CDE ] 7.13 7
△ ABC and [ CDE ] be the area of △ CDE . Then = = . So
[ ABC ] 13.15 15
7 7 196
[ CDE ] = [ ABC ] = . 84= . So, q=5
15 15 5

5. A circle centered at O is inscribed in the equilateral triangle ABC . Line segment DE is

tangent to the circle, is perpendicular to AB , and intersects AB and AC at points
D and E respectively. (See the sketch below) If AD =1 inch, what is the length of
one of the triangle’s sides?

Sumber: BC exam Texas A&M High School Math Contest. October 24, 2015

Solution: let G be the point on the circle at which DE is tangent. Draw a straight line
from O to F (the point where the circle is tangent to AB ¿ and from O to G .
The quadrilateral GOFD is a square, with side length equal to the radius of the circle.
Since triangle ABC is equilateral, the radius of the circle, r and the triangle’s side
length, s satisfy the equation

s
r=
2 √3

Moreover the point F bisects AB . Thus

s
s=2. AF=2 ( r +1 ) =2 ( 2√ 3 +1)
Solving this equation for s we have

2 √3
s= =3+ √3 inches
√ 3−1
6. α ∧β are two angles from the interval ¿ such that the following two relations hold

{ 3 sin2 α +2 sin2 β=1,

3 sin ( 2 α )−2 sin ( 2 β )=0

Find α + 2 β

Solution:

From the first equation 3 sin2 α =1−2 sin 2 β =cos ⁡( 2 β ) . From the second equation
3
sin ( 2 β ) = sin ⁡( 2α ) .
2

Therefore,

2 3 2 2
cos ( α +2 β ) =cos α cos(2 β)−sin α sin ( 2 β )=cos α .3 sin α −sin α . sin ( 2 α )=3 cos α sin α−3 cos α sin α =0
2

Since α ∧β belong the interval [ )

0,
π
2
, we have that α + 2 β belong to the interval

[ )
0,
3π
2
. therefore the fact that cos ( α +2 β ) =0 implies that ( α + 2 β )=
π
2