Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Problem 576: Centroid, Triangle, Quadrilateral, Parallel, Measurement

Geometry Problem
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 Problem 576: Centroid, Triangle, Quadrilateral, Parallel, Measurement.
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  1. draw BEG, BFH, G on AC, H on CD
    BE/BG = BF/BH = 2/3 => EF//GH
    GH = 1/2 AD, GH//AD => EF//GH//AD
    EF = 2/3 GH = 2/3∙1/2AD = 1/3 AD

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  2. http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5306/problem576.png

    Let H is the midpoint of BC. Connect AH and DH ( see attached picture)
    Since E is the centroid of tri. ABC so A, E and H are collinear and HE=1/2 AE
    Since F is the centroid of tri. DBC so D, F and H are collinear and HF=1/2 DF
    So EE//AD (Thales theorem) and EF/AD=HF/HD= 1/3

    Peter Tran

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  3. let G be the midpoint of BC. join AG and DG. these are the medians of the triangles ABC and BDC respectively. so the centroids E and F will also lie on AG and DG respectively. that is AEG and DFG are line segments. as E and F are centroids, we have AE/EG = FD/FG = 2/1 as the centroid divides the medians in the ratio 2:1 internally. so we have EG/AG = FG/DG = 3/1. so that by the converse of basic proportionality theorem we have EF parallel to AD. and consequently the triangles GEF and GAD are similar and AD/EF = GD/GF = AG/GE = 3/1. which implies that EF = AD/3.
    Q. E. D.

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  4. If P us the midpoint of BC, AEF and DFP are collinear and both results follow

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