Saturday, February 15, 2014

Geometry Problem 981. Triangle, Concurrent Cevians, Midpoints, Area, Hexagon

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

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Online Geometry Problem 981. Triangle, Concurrent Cevians, Midpoints, Area, Hexagon

2 comments:

  1. By an affine transformation to an equilateral triangle, Triangle A2B2C2 is also an equiliateral triangle with sides lengths half of A1B1C1.
    So S1 = 4*S3

    And the hexagon is also a regular ones such that area of triangle A1B2C2 = area of triangle OB2C2, symmetrical for the other 3 triangles.
    So S2 = 2*S3

    Q.E.D.

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  2. Let S(ABC) be the area of ABC.

    Under the homothetic transformation with center O and scale factor 2,
    we have A₂B₂C₂→ABC. Hence, S₁=4S₃.

    Now since
    B₂C₂ bisects OA₁
    A₂C₂ bisects OB₁
    A₂B₂ bisects OC₁

    Thus
    S(OB₂C₂)=S(A₁B₂C₂)
    S(OA₂C₂)=S(B₁A₂C₂)
    S(OA₂B₂)=S(C₁A₂B₂)

    Therefore, S₂=2S₃.

    Hence, S₁=2S₂=4S₃.

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