BMT 2022 Guts #25
Source:
August 31, 2023
geometry
Problem Statement
For triangle , define its -excircle to be the circle that is externally tangent to line segment and extensions of and , and define the -excircle and -excircle likewise.
Then, define the -veryexcircle to be the unique circle externally tangent to both the -excircle as well as the extensions of and , but that shares no points with line , and define the -veryexcircle and -veryexcircle likewise.
Compute the smallest integer such that for all , the area of a triangle with lengths , , and is at most times the area of the triangle formed by connecting the centers of its three veryexcircles.
If your submitted estimate is a positive number and the true value is , then your score is given by .