Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Geometry Problem 1202: Four Squares, Two Equal Parallelograms, Congruence

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

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Geometry Problem 1201: Triangle, Interior Perpendicular Bisector, Midpoint, 90 Degrees, Area, Online College School

3 comments:

  1. Dear Antonio - By "equal" I presume u mean equal in area and not congruent.

    Let the square of diagonal AB be of side a, BC be of side b, CD be of side c and DA be of side d.

    Triangles AA1D2 and AD1A2 are congruent SAS so < A1D2A = < AD1A2 = e say....(1)

    Similarly triangles DD2C1 and DD1C2 are congruent SAS (since < C2DD1 = < C1DD2) and so < DD2C1 = < DD1C2 = g say ....(2)

    From (1) and (2), < C2D1A2 = e+g-90....(3) and
    < C1D2A1 = 270-e-g...(4)

    Now the angles in (3) and (4) are supplementary so S(C2D1A2) = S(C1D2A1) ...(5) using area = 1/2 ab sin@ and sin@ = sin (180-@)

    Similarly we can show that in triangles A2B1C2 and A1B2C1 that B1C2 = B2C1, B2A1 = B1A2 and the included angles < C2B1A2 and < C1B2A1 are supplementary so that

    S(A2B1C2) = S(A1B2C1) ...(6)

    (5)+(6) => S(A2B1C2D1) = S(A1B2C1D2) i.e. the 2 quadrilaterals are equal.

    The 4 sides of 1 quadrilateral are the same as the 4 sides of the other
    Each of the corresponding included angles are supplementary

    Yet the fact that these are parallelograms I'm yet to prove.

    Sumith Peiris
    Moratuwa
    Sri Lanka

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  2. Dear Sumith
    Thanks for your comment. I have changed the notation to
    "congruent (same shape and size) parallelograms"

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  3. http://s30.postimg.org/5zl4in7i9/pro_1202.png

    1. triangle BB1A2 congruent to BB2A1 ( case SAS) => B1A2=B2A1=u
    Similarly B2C1=B1C2= v and A1D2=A2D1= x and D1C2=D2C1= w
    2. Triangle CB2C1 similar to CBD ( case SAS) with similar factor = sqrt(2) => B2C1=v= BD/sqrt(2)
    Triangle AA1D2 similar to ABD ( case SAS) with similar factor = sqrt(2) => A1D2=x= BD/sqrt(2)=B2C1
    Similarly we have B1A2=A1B2=u=AC/Sqrt(2)= D1C2=C1D2
    Quadrilateral A1B2C1D2 have opposite sides congruent so A1B2C1D2 is a parallelogram
    Similarly Quadrilateral C2B1A2D1 is a parallelogram
    3. Consider quadri. ABCD with diagonals BD and AC .
    Define angles α, β, γ, θ as shown on the sketch.
    Angle (A1B2C1)= 360- 90- (α+ β)= 270- (α+ β)
    Angle B1C2D1)= 90+( γ+ θ)
    Note that α+ β+ γ+ θ= 180 so Angle B1C2D1= 90+ 180-(α+ β)= angle (A1B2C1)
    Parallelograms A1B2C1D2 and C2B1A2D1 have all coresponding sides and angles congruents so these parallelograms are congruent

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