Thursday, December 10, 2009

Problem 402. Hexagon, Triangle, Centroid, Parallel, Congruence, Similarity

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 Problem 402. Hexagon, Triangle, Centroid, Parallel, Congruence, Similarity.
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Complete Problem 402
Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry

4 comments:

  1. My problems for this picture.
    Proff
    1)Area hexagon ABCDEF/ Area hexagon GHJKLM = 9/4.

    2) Area polygon ABCDE/ Area polygon GHJKL = 117/32.

    2) Area polygon ABCD/ Area polygon GHJK = 9.

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  2. the affix of triangle ABC centroid G is
    g=(a+b+c)/3
    then
    3(h-g)= b+c+d-a-b-c= d-a
    3(k-l)= d+e+f-e+f+a= d-a
    this means that GH=LK and GH // LK
    .........

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  3. We see that
    XH=(XB+XC+XD)/3
    XG=(XB+XC+XA)/3
    XK=(XD+XE+XF)/3
    XL=(XE+XF+XA)/3
    and HG=(XH-XG,YH-YG)=(XD-XA,YD-YA)/3
    LK=(XK-XL,YK-YL)=(XD-XA,YD-YA)/3
    etc.
    And my question for this picture - prove
    area hexagon ABCDEF/area hexagon GHJKLM = 9/4

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  4. Interesting about the areas, but the result about the formed hexagon having opposite sides equal & parallel can be generalized for 2n-gons as shown here: http://dynamicmathematicslearning.com/octagoncentroids.html

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