Thursday, April 2, 2015

Problem 1106: Regular Hexagon, Congruence, Diagonal, Collinear Points

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 1106: Regular Hexagon, Congruence, Diagonal, Collinear Points.

5 comments:

  1. BCH and CDM are isosceles triangles
    <(BCD)= 120 , <(CDM)= 90, <(CBD)= 30
    <(BCH)= ½(180-30)= 75 => <(HCD)= 120-75= 45
    <(DCM)= ½(180-90)= 45

    <(HCD)=<(DCM)= 45 => C, H, M are collinear

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  2. Draw the segment CH: triangle BCH is isosceles and angle CBH = 30º (cause CB = CD and angle BCD is 120º) therefor the angle between BH and CH is (180-30)/2 = 75º .
    Now let's find the angle between BH and HM: angle HDM = 60º cause triangle BDF is equilateral. Angle DMH = 45º because triangle DCM is isoceles and has angle CDM right. Therefore the angle between BH and HM = 75º.
    This proofs that HM is paralel to HC but because both contain point H both must coincide.

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  3. Hey please don't aprove my last answer I used that CHM is a line to prove this exact fact.

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  4. Prove using section formula of vector.

    2 vec(DH)
    = 2 DH/DB vec(DB)
    = 2 DH/DB (vec(DC) + vec(EF))
    = 2 DH/DB (vec(DC) + 1/2 vec(DC) + 1/2 vec(DF))
    = 3 DH/DB vec(DC) + DH/DB vec(DF)
    = 3 DH/DB vec(DC) + DH/DB×DF/DM vec(DM)
    = 3 DH/DB vec(DC) + DH/DM vec(DM)

    Consider
    3 DH/DB + DH/DM
    = 3 (√3 - 1)/√3 + (√3 - 1)/1
    = 2

    Thus C, H, M are collinear.

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  5. Join CH and HM

    Since BC = BH, < HCD = 45. Now since < CDM = 90, < MCD = 45
    < HCD & < MCD can both be 45 only if C,H,M are collinear

    Sumith Peiris
    Moratuwa
    Sri Lanka

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