Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Archimedes' Book of Lemmas, Proposition #15

Problem 655: Inscribed Regular Pentagon, Arc, Midpoint, Perpendicular, Radius
Exercise your brain. Archimedes wrote the "Book of Lemmas" more than 2200 years ago. Solve the proposition #15 (high school level) and lift up your geometry skills.

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Archimedes' Book of Lemmas #15.
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gogeometry.com/ArchBooLem15.htm

Posted by Antonio Gutierrez at 3:48 PM
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3 comments:

  1. Peter TranAugust 3, 2011 at 1:21 AM

    http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/3698/problem655.png
    Let H is the projection of C over AB
    Observe that (CAD)=(DAB)=(DCB)=18
    And (OBC)=(OCB)=54
    (CEB)=36
    AF is angle bisector of (CAB)
    So we have CF/FB=AC/AB=HG/GB=HC/BC
    So CG is angle bisector of (HCB) and (HCG)=(GCB)=18=(OCH)
    And OCG and ACE are isosceles triangles and OH=HG, HA=HE
    So GE=OA= radius of the circle
    Peter Tran

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  2. PravinAugust 3, 2011 at 7:54 AM

    Sketch:
    OG = AG - R = AC - R = 2R cos 36 - R
    BE = BD = 2R sin 18
    OG - BE = 2R (cos 36 - sin 18) - R
    =2R(1/2)- R = 0
    So OG = BE, OG + GB = GB + BE,
    EG = R
    (Center is O & radius is R)

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  3. Sumith PeirisNovember 4, 2015 at 11:29 PM

    We first note that chord BC subtends an angle of 36 at the circumference and thus 72 at the centre. CD and DB subtend 18 at the circumference and AC subtends 54.

    Hence Tr.s ACF and AGF are congruent ASA. Hence AC = AG and thus < AGC = 72 = < COG. Hence CO = CG = R the radius.

    Now < CBO = 54 and < BCD = 18 so < CEB = 36 and so CG = GE = R

    Sumith Peiris
    Moratuwa
    Sri Lanka

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