Sunday, December 28, 2014

Geometry Problem 1071: Arbelos, Semicircles, Diameter, Circle, Perpendicular, Common Tangent, Parallel, Collinear Points, Midpoint, 90 Degrees

Geometry Problem. Post your solution in the comments box below.
Level: Mathematics Education, High School, Honors Geometry, College.

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Online Math: Geometry Problem 1071: Arbelos, Semicircles, Diameter, Circle, Perpendicular, Common Tangent, Parallel, Collinear Points, Midpoint, 90 Degrees.

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  1. Let BD and A₁C₂ intersect at P.

    Join A₁B and BC₂. Then A₁BC₂D is a rectangle.
    Thus PA₁=PB=PC₂=PD, and so A₁C₂ is the common tangent of O₁ and O₂.

    ***
    Clearly, A₁B//A₃O₂//DC, and BO₂=O₂C, so A₁A₃=A₃D.
    Similarly, C₂C₄=C₄D. Therefore, A₁C₂//A₃C₄ and A₁C₂=2×A₃C₄.

    Since A₁BC₂D is rectangle, thus A₁C₂=BD=2×A₃C₄.
    Also since P is mid-point of A₁C₂, so M is mid-point of A₃C₄.

    ***
    Since A₁O₁//A₃B//DO₄, and also A₁C₂//A₃C₄,
    so A₃C₄ is tangent to circle O₂.

    Similarly A₃C₄ is tangent to circle O₄.
    And hence A₃C₄ is the common tangent of O₂ and O₄.

    Since BD passes through M, and M is mid-point of A₃C₄,
    thus M lies on the radical axis of O₂ and O₄, which is BD.
    Therefore BD passes through E, which also lies on the radical axis of O₂ and O₄.
    Hence, B,E,D are collinear.

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