Thursday, April 16, 2009

Problem 31: Right Triangle, Incenter, Collinear

Proposed Problem

Problem 31: Right Triangle, Incenter, Collinear.

See also: Complete Problem 31, Collection of Geometry Problems

Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry

Posted by Antonio Gutierrez at 7:40 AM
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6 comments:

  1. AjitApril 22, 2009 at 10:11 PM

    As proven in Problem 30, BG=2r. Similarly BH=2r or BH=BG=2r. Now if B be the origin, BA the x-axis and BC the y-axis then E is (r,r) while HG is: x + y = 2r since H is (2r,0)& G:(0,2r). Clearly E satisfies the equation of HG; hemce E lies on HG or H, E & G are collinear.
    Ajit: ajitathle@gmail.com

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  2. bae deok rak(bdr@korea.com)October 5, 2010 at 10:21 PM

    In problem 30, we see that
    ang(BEG)=ang(BEQ)+ang(QEG)=45+45=90 and
    ang(BEH)=ang(BEP)+ang(PEH)=45+45=90
    Hence H, E and G are collinear.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 24, 2012 at 8:48 PM

    expand DH and GF at I.because angle (BHD) = angle (BGF) = 90 so BGHI is a QUADRILATERAL that lies on circle E.Angle (2B)=angle(E).so anle (HBG)=180 that means it is collinear

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  4. UnknownJune 10, 2015 at 3:35 AM

    if ang(EAD)=a and ang(EAC)=45-a we can easily find that ang(EFD)=ang(EFG)=90-a which means EFid the bisector of ang(GFD) and EC the bisector of ang(GCF)so E is the excenter of FGC.Then ang(BGE)=ang(EGF)=45 and similarly ang(EHD)=45 so ang(BGE)=ang(EHD) Because BG//HD H,E,G are collinear

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  5. Sumith PeirisAugust 11, 2015 at 11:01 PM

    Kindly refer my solution to Problem 30.

    We showed that Tr. BEG is an isoceles right Tr. It can similarly be shown that Tr. BEH is also a isoceles right Tr.

    Hence < HEB + < GEB = 90 + 90 = 180 proving that H, E,G are collinear

    Sumith Peiris
    Moratuwa
    Sri Lanka

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  6. Sumith PeirisAugust 12, 2015 at 3:10 AM

    If HD, GF meet at M, then HBGM is a square with side 2r and centre E
    Further it can be shown that < DEF = 45 and that E is ex centre of Tr. DMF which is a Tr. similar to the original Tr. ABC

    Sumith Peiris
    Moratuwa
    Sri Lanka

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