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Complete Geometry Problem 370
Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Problem 370. Triangle with squares, Circumcircles, Tangent circles
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ReplyDeleteO1, O2, O3 and O4 are the centers of circles 1,2,3,4
R1, R2, R3, R4 are radius of circles 1,2,3,4
Triangle (ABC) is similar to triangle (A4BC4) because (AC//A4C4)
Ratio of similarity = BA/BA4= R1/R4 =AO1/A4O4= BO1/BO4
Consider 2 triangles AO1B and A4O4B,
We have BA/BA4=AO1/A4O4=BO1/BO4= R1/R4 so Tri(AO1B) is similar to tri (A4O4B)
So AO1//A4O4 and angle (ABO1)=angle(A4BO4) and B, O1, O4 is collinear.
Since B, O1,O4 are collinear,
Circle 1, center O1, Radius O1B will tangent to circle 4 , center O4, and radius O4B at B.
With similar reasons, Circle1 will be tangent to circles 2 and 3 at C and A.
Peter Tran