Monday, November 30, 2015

Geometry Problem 1168: Construction of the Inscribed Circle of the Arbelos, Semicircles, Diameter, Circle, Triangle, Circumcircle, Tangent

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 1168: Construction of the Inscribed Circle of the Arbelos, Semicircles, Diameter, Circle, Triangle, Circumcircle, Tangent.

2 comments:

  1. See below for minor correction and clarification from previous comment
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    Let 2R is the diameter of circle O , 2r1=diameter of circle O1 and 2r2=diameter of circle O2
    Complete full circle O and let E’ is the midpoint of arc AC ( see sketch)
    Let Au and Cv are the tangents or circle O at A and C
    We have tri. O1O2O4 similar to tri. F’CB …( case AA)
    So O2O4/BC= O1O2/CF’= ½ => CF’=2.O1O2= AC= 2.R
    Similarly we also have AD’=AC= 2.R
    Perform geometry inversion with inversion center at B and inversion power= -BA. BC=- BE.BE’=-BF.BF’=-BD.BD’
    In this transformation Circle O → circle O
    circle O2 → line Au
    Circle O1 →Line Cv,
    Circle O4→ Line AE’
    Circle O3 →line CE’
    Circumcircle of tri. DEF → Circumcircle of tri. D’E’F’
    But circumcircle of tri. D’E’F’ tangent to circle O, Lines Au and Cv ( images of circles O, O2 and O1)
    So circumcircle of tri. DEF will tangent to circles O, O1 and O2

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  2. just change ´´ given ´´ to ´´ to prove ´´ at P 638

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