Saturday, January 14, 2012

Problem 716. Intersecting Circles, Center, Radius, Perpendicular, 90 Degrees

Geometry Problem
Level: Mathematics Education, High School, Honors Geometry, College.

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Online Geometry Problem 716. Intersecting Circles, Center, Radius, Perpendicular, 90 Degrees.

4 comments:

  1. Some clarifications and minor corrections of previous solution:
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    Draw diameter FK of circle O’ . Connect KA and KB
    KA perpen to FA , KB perpen to FB
    From G &H draw GA’//KA and HB’//KB ( see picture) . GA’ cut FK at N
    Note that GA’ perpen to FA , HB’ perpen to FB

    1. Triangle FAG congruence to FBH (case AA)
    Let FG/FA=FH/FB= k and m(HFB)=m(GFA)=x
    So FA’/FA= FG/FA . cos(x)= k.cos(x)= FN/FK
    And FB’/FB=FH/FB. cos(x)= k.cos(x) =FA’/FA=FN/FK
    So GA’ and HB’ will intersect at point N on FK (properties of // lines and congruence triangles)

    2. In triangle GHN, HA’ and GB’ are altitudes and F will be the orthocenter of triangle GHN so O’F perpen To GH
    With the same reason as part 1, OC will perpen to ED and L will be the orthocenter of triangle C’MF’
    And ML will perpen to C’F’
    Peter Tran

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  2. Join BA and extend it.
    Draw tangent at F to circle (O’) to meet BA extended at X.
    Let tangent XF be extended to meet C’F’ at Y.
    ∠YFB = ∠FAB (angle in the alternate segment).
    = ∠HAB = ∠HGB (angles in the same segment).
    ∴ XY ∥ MH.
    In turn this implies F’O’F ⊥ MH.
    By a similar argument C’OC ⊥ MD.
    ∴ L is the orthocenter of ∆ MC’F’ and
    Hence ML ⊥ C’F’

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  3. Very good solution Pravin !
    Peter Tran

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  4. Let CC’ meet circle O at P and DE at Q. Let F’F meet HG at R.

    < EDA = < CBA = < CPA, hence APDQ is concyclic and so < PQF’ = < PAC = 90.

    Similarly we can show that < C’RF = 90

    Hence L is the orthocenter of Triangle MC’F’ and so ML is perpendicular to C’F’


    Sumith Peiris
    Moratuwa
    Sri Lanka

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