Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Problem 400. Triangle, Angle bisector, Circumcircle, Perpendicular, Congruence

Proposed Problem
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 Problem 400. Triangle, Angle bisector, Circumcircle, Perpendicular, Congruence.
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Complete Problem 400
Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry

11 comments:

  1. |OG|=|OH|
    |OC|=|OD|=r
    |GC|=|DH|

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  2. suggest to others

    1) draw HP perpendicular to AC ( P on AC )
    2) draw OK perpendicular to HG ( K on HG )

    about first comment: step 1 and step 2 are not enough for step 3

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  3. reason for step 1:
    http://i49.tinypic.com/69omdj.gif

    and
    step 1 and step 2 are enough for step 3, i think

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  4. W/o having to refer to any other figure or any construction, we can easily see that quad. OFCE is concyclic and hence ang. HOG = ang. C while ang. OGH = ang. EGC = 90-C/2. Therefore, ang. OHG = 180 – C - (90-C/2)= 90 – C/2 or ang. OHG = ang. OGH. Hence etc.
    Ajit

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  5. step 1 and 2 need third condition of congruence,
    angle DOH = angle COG ? verify please

    my solution
    to draw OK perpendicular to HG give
    1) OK is median => HK = KG
    2) OK is diameter perpendicular to chord DC => DK=KC
    so DH=DK-HK
    and GC=KC-KG

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  6. Triangles HFC and EGC are similar

    So OH = OG

    So Tr.s ODH and OGC are congruent ASA and the result follows

    Sumith Peiris
    Moratuwa
    Sri Lanka

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  7. OGH isosceles ==>
    perpendicular from O to CD bisect GH, and also bisect CD ==>
    GC = DH

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  8. More or less the same as the last few but with a few extra steps included
    1. Right triangle CEG is similar to right triangle CFH because of the angle bisector.
    2. So angle CGE = angle HGO = angle FHC and triangle OHG is isosceles.
    3. OD = OC since they are radii.
    4. So CDO is isoscleses and angle ODC = OCD.
    5. Angle OHD = OGC since they are supplementary to 2 congruent angles.
    6. We now have 2 out of 3 angles and 2 out of 3 sides congruent in ODH and OGC which is more than enough to infer a missing angle and use either SAS or ASA to show the triangles are congruent.
    7. So DH = CG.

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  9. Let <DCE=<DCB=x
    <OCE+<OFC=180
    OECF is a cyclic quad
    <HOG=<OCE=2x (ext. < cyclic quad)

    Consider triangle CFH
    <OHG=<FHC=90-x (< sum of triangle)
    <OGH=180-<OHG-<HOG=90-x=<OHG
    So, OH=OG (sides opp. eq. <s)

    Consider triangle OGD & triangle OHC
    OD=OC (radii)
    <ODH=<ODC=<OCD=<OCG (base <s, isos triangle)
    <OGD=<OGH=<OHG=<OHC (Proved)
    Triangle OGD congruent to triangle OHC (AAS)
    So, DG=HC (corr. sides of congruent triangle)
    So, DH+HG=CG+GH
    DH=CG

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