Monday, May 19, 2008

Elearn Geometry Problem 54



See complete Problem 54
Tangent Circles, angle bisector, midpoint. Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry

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3 comments:

  1. No problema 53, temos que BM é bissetriz do ângulo CBE. Como ângulo CBM = ângulo DBM, temos que arcoCM = arco MD. Fica provado que M é ponto médio de CD.

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  2. http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8658/problem54.png


    Connect FH, AE, OAB and OFG
    Drawing OM perpendicular to CD. OM will intersect arc CD at midpoint M .
    We will prove that M,E,B and G, M, H are collinear
    1. Tri. EAB and MOB are isosceles with EA//MO
    m(MOB)=m(EAB) (corresponding angles)
    m(OMB)=90-1/2m(MOB)
    m(ABE)=90-1/2m(EAB)
    so m(OMB)=m(ABE) and M, E, B are collinear

    2. Similarly with tri. MOG and HFG
    With the same logic as step 1 we will prove that G,H,M are collinear.

    So GH and BE meet at M , midpoint of arc CD

    Peter Tran

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  3. Thank you for giving me a chance to comment.

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