Sunday, October 10, 2010

Problem 527: Circle, Tangent, Secant, Chord, Midpoint, Measurement.

Geometry Problem
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 Problem 527: Circle, Tangent, Secant, Chord, Midpoint, Measurement.
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Complete Problem 527

Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry

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  1. See below link for details http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/442/problem527.png
    Let N is the intersection of GD and CE.
    1. We have GN.DN=NC.NE and HG.HD=FE.FC=HB^2=FB^2 (power of the point theorem)
    Consider triangle NHF and 2 secants GEM and ACD . Apply Menelaus’ theorem twice:
    (MF/MH).(GH/GN).(EN/EF)= 1 and (AF/AH).(DH/DN).(CN/CF)=1

    2. Multiply each side of above equations we get
    (MF/MH).(AF/AH) .(GH.DH)/ (GN.DN) .(EN.CN)/(EF.CF)=1 (1)
    But GN.DN=EN.CN and GH.DH=EF.CF ( from step 1)
    equation (1) become (MF/MH).(AD/AH)=1 (2)

    3 Let BH=BF=b and BA=x , BM=y
    Equation (2) become (y-b)/(y+b) * (x+b)/(x-b)= 1
    Develop and simplify we will get 2.b.y=2.b.x
    So x=y and B is the midpoint of AM
    Peter Tran

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