Thursday, August 23, 2012

Problem 798: Parallelogram, Secant Line, Tangent Circles, Circumcircles, Triangle

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

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Online Geometry Problem 798: Parallelogram, Secant Line, Tangent Circles, Circumcircles, Triangle.

2 comments:

  1. Since ABCD is a parrallelogram, GC//EB and therefore angle HGC = angle HEB.
    So the tangent lines for the 2 circles must be exactly the same at H.
    q.e.d.

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  2. http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/6738/problem798.png

    Draw lines per attached sketch
    Note that ∆ HGC and ∆ HED are similar
    Consider dilation transformation centered H , scale factor= HC/HD=HG/HE
    This transformation , circumcircle of ∆ HGC will become circumcircle of ∆ HED and O will become O’
    So H, O and O’ are collinear => circumcircles of 2 triangles will tangent at H

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