Saturday, August 14, 2010

Problem 502: Triangle, Two Squares, Midpoint, Perpendicular, Half the measure

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Problem 502. Triangle, Two Squares, Midpoint, Perpendicular, Half the measure


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Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry

Posted by Antonio Gutierrez at 11:38 PM
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3 comments:

  1. c .t . e. oAugust 15, 2010 at 4:09 AM

    name S midpoint of AC, MB meet AC on P
    1) draw HT // BD, DT // BH
    ▲BDT = ▲ABC ( S,A,S )
    => BT = AC => BM = 1/2 AC
    2) MBP = A + 90 + ABP = 180 => ABP = 90 - A =>
    => APB = 90°

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  2. Ivan BazarovJuly 12, 2014 at 5:11 PM

    Let P be midpoint of AC, and R be foot of altitude from B to AC.
    Let centers of squares EDBA and GHBC be C1 and C2.
    From previous problem, PC1MC2 is square, so that <C1PC2=90.
    Based on cyclic quadrilaterals ARBC1 and CRBC2, <C1RA=<C1BA=45 and <C2RC=<C2BC=45, so that <C1RC2=90 as well.
    This puts P, C1, M, C2, and R on same circle. It follows that <PRM=180-<MC1P=90=<PRB (last equality by definition), making M, B, and R collinear.
    For other half of stated problem, triangle BC1M is rotation of triangle AC1P about C1.

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  3. APOSTOLIS MANOLOUDISJune 21, 2016 at 12:58 AM

    Problem 502
    N takes the symmetry of B with respect to M, then the DNHB is parallelogram.Then DN=BH=BC, DB=BA and <ABC=180-<DBH=<NDB so triangle DBN=triangle ABC.
    Therefore BN=AC or BM=AC/2 and <DBN=<BAK(K=sectional BN and AC) but
    <DBN+<ABK=90 or <BAK+<ABK=90. Therefore MB is perpendicular to AC.
    APOSTOLIS MANOLOUDIS 4 HIGH SHCOOL OF KORYDALLOS PIRAEUS GREECE

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