Monday, June 16, 2008

Elearn Geometry Problem 124



See complete Problem 124
Area of triangle, Similarity, Trisection of sides. Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry

Post your solutions or ideas in the comments.

3 comments:

  1. AH/HB" * 1/3 * 2/1 = 1; hence AH/HB" = 3/2
    BD/DB" * 1/3 * 2/1 = 1; hence BD/DB" = 3/2
    Or HD is parallel to AC & HD/BB" = AH/(AH+HB")= 3/5 or HD/AC = 3/15 = 1/5
    Similarly HF is parallel to BC and HF/BC = 1/5
    and FD is parallel to AB and FD/AB = 1/5
    Thus, Tr.HFD is similar to Tr.ABC and therefore their areas are proportional to the squares of their sides, so Tr. HFD/ Tr. ABC =(1/5)^2 = 1/25 or S1 = S/25
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  2. name S point AH meet C'F

    SASF = 2/15 - 1/21 ( SASC' = 1/7 ∙S/3 , 1/7 is C'S )

    SASF = 3/35

    using triangles ASF and SFH ( like P123 row 3-5 )

    SSFH = 6/175 ( SASF = 3/35,AS = 3/7 AA',SH = 6/35AA')

    SAHF = 3/35 + 6/175

    SAHF = 21/175

    for three sides

    3∙21/175 = 63/175 (1)

    SAFC = 1/5 ( from P122,123 )

    for three sides

    3∙ 1/5 = 3/5 (2)

    3 (SAHF + SAFC)= 63/175 + 3/5

    3 (SAHF + SAFC) = 168/175

    S▲ = 175/175 - 168/175

    S▲ = 1/25

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  3. Solution to problem 124.
    Let K be the center of gravity, and AL, BN, CP the medians of triangle ABC. Let S be the area of ABC. As proved in problem 121,
    KD/KL = KF/KN = KH/KP = 2/5.
    So triangles KDF and KLN are similar with factor 2/5.
    Then S(KDF) = (4/25).S(KLN).
    Similarly, S(KFH) = (4/25).S(KNP),
    and S(KHD) = (4/25).S(KPL). Adding these three equalities we get S1 = (4/25).(S/4) = S/25.

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