Saturday, May 18, 2013

Problem 876: Equilateral Triangle, any Point, Perpendicular, Right Triangle Area, Sum of Areas

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

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  1. AnonymousMay 19, 2013 at 10:28 AM

    From the point P trace the lines parallel to the three sides of the triangle.
    The equilateral triangle is divided into three isosceles triangles and three parallelograms.
    Draw AP, BP and CP. So in the equilateral triangle are formed 12 triangles congruent two by two.
    S1 and S2 each contain only one of the six different triangles.Then: S1 = S2 = S / 2.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 7, 2013 at 11:44 AM

    Do ponto P trace segmentos de retas paralelas aos lados passando pelo ponto P, dessa forma ficam determinados três triângulos equiláteros e três paralelogramos.
    Sejam respectivamente: G, H, (lado AB), I, J (lado AC) e K, L (lado BC) os pontos de interseção dos lados com os segmentos de reta.

    Assim é fácil ver que a áreas de:
    GDP = HDP = A1;
    IFP = JFP = A2;
    KEP = LEP = A3;

    Dos paralelogramos temos:

    HAIP => HAP = IAP = A4

    JCKP => JCP = KCP = A5

    LBHP => LBP = HBP = A6

    S1 + S3 + S5 = A1 + A4 + A5 + A3 + A2 + A6 = A1 + A2 + A3 + A4 + A5 + A6 = S/2

    Um abraço,

    prof. Carlos Loureiro.





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