Saturday, July 11, 2015

Geometry Problem 1132: Triangle, Excircle, Tangency Point, Parallel, Midpoint

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

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Online Math: Geometry Problem 1132: Triangle, Excircle, Tangency Point, Parallel, Midpoint.

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  1. http://s11.postimg.org/mjwfzd603/pro_1132.png

    Let 2p= perimeter of triangle ABC
    Let AB2 and AC2 cut BC at G and H
    We have AB1=AC1= p and triangles A1CB1, ACG, BA1C1 and ABH are isosceles
    So GA1=AB1= p and HA1=AC1= p
    So A is the midpoint of HG
    Since A1C2//AB2 and A1B2//AH => C2 and B2 are midpoints of AH and AG
    C3B3 =1/2 BC

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  2. Let <BC1A1=a and CB1A1=b.
    <BA1C1=<B2A1C=a and <A1C1B1=b.
    Since AC2 parallel to A1C1, <AC2B1=<B2A1B1=<AC1B1=a+b so AC2C1B1 is a circle
    Similarly, <AB2C1=<C2A1C1=<AB1C1=a+b so AB2B1C1 is a circle.
    AC1EB1 is circle because <AC1E=<AB1E=90
    All six points A,C2,C1,E,B1,B2 are cyclic
    Triangles AC3C2 and A1BC1 are isosceles so <AC3B3=2a=<ABC and C3B3 parallel to BC.
    Triangles A1BC1 and A1C2C1 are isosceles so EBC2 is a line with <AC2E=<AC1E=90
    Because AC2B=90 and triangle AC3C2 isosceles, C3A=C3C2=C3B and B3C3=BC/2

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  3. < B1AB2 = <AB1A 1 = < A1C1B1 = C/2, so AC1B1B2 is con-cyclic

    Similarly AB1C1C2 is con-cyclic

    Hence AB2B1C1C2 are all con-cyclic

    So B/2 = < AC1B2 = < AC2B2 = < C2B2C1 = B2A1C, so BC // B3C3

    If the diagonals of parallelogram AC2A1B2 cut at X, AX = XA1

    Hence applying the mid point theorem to Tr. ABC, XC3 = A1B/2 and XB3 = A1C/2

    Therefore B3C3 =BC/2

    Sumith Peiris
    Moratuwa
    Sri Lanka

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  4. Considering usual triangle notations
    we know AC1EB1 are concyclic (since m(AC1E)=m(AB1E)=90) ------(1)
    Since AC2//B2C1 => m(C2AB)=m(BC1B2)=B/2 -----(2)
    Also in the triangle C1A1B1, m(C1B1A1)=B/2-----------(3)
    From (2) & (3), C2 lies on the circle (1)
    Similarly it can be shown that B2 also lie on the same circle (1)
    Hence m(AC2B2)=m(AC1B2)=B/2 => m(AC3B3)=B and m(AB3C3)=C
    => C3B3//BC -------(4)
    Connect C2E and m(C2EA)=m(C2B2A)=C/2
    We also know that m(BEA)=C/2 => C2,B & E are collinear
    Hereafter,it can be easily found that C3 is the circum-center of AC2B -----(5)
    From (4) & (5) it can be deduced that C3 and B3 are the mid-points of AB & AC respectively and the result follows

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