Friday, April 24, 2015

Geometry Problem 1112: Triangle, Excenters, Circumcircle, Circle, Hexagon, Area

Geometry Problem. Post your solution in the comment box below.
Level: Mathematics Education, High School, Honors Geometry, College.

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Online Math: Geometry Problem 1112: Triangle, Excenters, Circumcircle, Circle, Hexagon, Area.

3 comments:

  1. Let I is the incenter of triangle ABC
    We have IB⊥BE1, IC⊥CE1
    Per the result of problem 482 A1, B1, C1 are centers of circles IBE1C , ICE2A and IAE3B
    So IA1/IE1=IC1/IE3=IB1/IE2= ½= factor of dilation
    So S(E1E2E3)= 4. S(A1B1C1)
    We have IA1=CA1, IB1=CB1 and IC⊥ A1B1
    So Triangle IA1B1 is the symmetry of CA1B1 .
    Similarly for other 2 triangles
    So triangle of hexagon AC1BA1CC1 is 2x Area of triangle A1B1C1

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  2. how can i compute the area of the triangle formed from E1E2 and E3?

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  3. Per the result of problem 482 A1, B1, C1 are centers of circumcircles of quadrilaterals IBE1C , ICE2A and IAE3B
    So IA1=A1E1 , IB1=B1E2 and IC1=C1E3
    So IA1/IE1=IC1/IE1=IB1/IE2 = ½ and A1C1//E1E3 , A1B1//E1E2 and B1C1//E2E3
    And triangles A1B1C1 similar to triangle E1E2E3 with ratio of similarity= ½
    And Area of triangle A1B1C1= ¼ area of triangle E1E2E3

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