Sunday, December 18, 2011

Problem 705: Intersecting Circles, Diameter, Angles, Measurement

Geometry Problem
Level: Mathematics Education, High School, Honors Geometry, College.

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5 comments:

  1. Happy New Year to all - I've a suggestion for Peter, Pravin and others. We've in our diagram E as the midpoint of GH and similarly F is the midpoint of MN. Thus, AH=AG and AM=AN.
    What I cannot prove is that AG=AM & in fact AG=AH=AM=AN. In other words, a circle with centre at A and radius = AN will pass thru N,G,M & H and thus /_X=36 since/_NHG=36.
    Now there remains a small matter of proving AG=AM where your expertise is solicited.
    Cheerio
    Ajit

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  2. Continuing the reasoning of Ajit:
    In right triangle AMD: AM^2 = AF * AD ---(1)
    In right triangle AHC: AH^2 = AE * AC ---(2)
    Angle(ADE)=ACE) = 90–58 = 32 degree.
    Then ΔADE~ΔAFC ---> AF/AE = AC/AD
    So AF * AD = AE * AC ---(3)
    By (1),(2)and(3) ---> AM = AH.
    So AH = AG = AM = AN,
    therefore the quadrilateral HMGN is cyclic.
    Then angle (NHG)=(NMG)=36 degrees.
    So x = 36 degrees.

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  3. GX*HX = CX*FX = DX* EX = MX* NX

    Hence H,M,G,N is concyclic

    Hence angle XMG = angle XHN = 36

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    1. NOTE : X is the point where EG intersects MF

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