Saturday, February 22, 2014

Geometry Problem 987: Triangle, Circumcircle, Incenter, Chord, Parallel, Circle, Tangent

Geometry Problem. GeoGebra, HTML5 Animation for iPad and Nexus.
Post your solution in the comments box below.

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

Click the figure below to see the dynamic geometry demonstration of problem 987.

Online Dynamic Geometry Problem 987: Triangle, Circumcircle, Incenter, Chord, Parallel, Circle, Tangent

1 comment:

  1. BC and AD meet at P. Because <DAC=<BAD=<PCD, triangles DAC and DCP are similar. DF bisects <ADC and BE bisects <ABC so AF/FC=AD/DC=DC/DP=AB/BP=AI/IP, making IF parallel to BC as well as the given GE.
    Third parallel line allows us to say that <GEB=<B/2=<GDB, so <KDF=180-<A-<B/2-<B/2=<C=<KFA making AC tangent to circle L.
    <KFD=<GED=<B/2+<A/2=<BID, but because <EBD=<DGE=<DKI makes BKID cyclic, <KFD=<BID=<BKD which also makes BK tangent to circle L.

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