Thursday, December 10, 2015

Geometry Problem 1171: Area of a Triangle in terms of the three altitudes or heights

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 1171: Area of a Triangle in terms of the three altitudes or heights.

3 comments:

  1. I use subscript 1 2 3 instead.

    Since K = 1/2 ah₁ = 1/2 bh₂ = 1/2 ch₃
    a = 2K/h₁
    b = 2K/h₂
    c = 2K/h₃

    Substitude into the result of the last problem, done.

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  2. Let p, q, r be the reciprocals of the altitudes drawn from A, B, C respectively.

    So a = 2Kp, b = 2Kq and c = 2Kr

    Per the result of Problem 1170 and my proof therein

    16K^2,= 2a^2b^2 + 2b^2c^2 + 2c^2a^2 - a^4- b^4 - c^4 = (a+b+c)(a+b-c)(a-b+c)(-a+b+c) where I have used the difference between 2 squares to simplify the algebra

    This is = to 16K^4 (p+q+r)(p+q-r)(p-q+r)((-p+q+r) from which the result follows by dividing both sides of the equation by 16K^4 and taking the reciprocal and then the square root of both sides

    Sumith Peiris
    Moratuwa
    Sri Lanka

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  3. calculate K.(1/ha+1/hb+1/hc)= 1/2(a+b+c)= p
    similarly K(-1/ha+1/hb+1/hc)= 1/2(-a+b+c)=p-a
    ....replace these value to the right hand side of the expression, we will get the result

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