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Friday, October 28, 2016
Geometry Problem 1278 Square, 3-4-5 Right Triangle, Midpoint
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right triangle,
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Proeblem 1278
ReplyDeleteLet AB =2 then AE = EB = BF = FC = 1.Is triangleABF=triangleDAE so 〖ΕD〗^2=〖ΑF〗^2=5, or ED=sqrt5 and AF,DE are perpendicular,(<BAF=<ADE).But the triangles AGE,EAD are similar ,then EG/GA=AE/AD=1/2 so if EG=x, AG=2x and x^2+〖(2x)〗^2=1 or x=(sqrt5)/5.But GF=AF-AG= sqrt5-2(sqrt5)/5=3(sqrt5)/5,DG=ED-EG= sqrt5-(sqrt5)/5=4(sqrt5)/5, and FD= sqrt5.So the triangle FGD is a 3-4-5 triangle .
APOSTOLIS MANOLOUDIS 4 HIGH SCHOOL KORYDALLOS PIRAEUS GREECE
Let 2a be the length of the side of the square.
ReplyDeleteTr.s ABF & ADE are congruent SAS.
Hence < EAG = < EDA so < FGD = 90.
Now DG = AD^2/DE = 4a/ sqrt5
DF = a. Sqrt5
Hence GD/DF = 4/5
It follows that DFG is a 3-4-5 right triangle
Sumith Peiris
Moratuwa
Sri Lanka
Let DF=1, DG=x. AF is perpendicular to DE. From the right triangle EAD we get EG*GD=AG^2, so AG=sqrt((1-x)x). From the triangle FGD we get GF=sqrt(1-x^2). But GF=1-AG, so we get an equation
ReplyDeletesqrt(1-x^2)=1-sqrt((1-x)x). Solving for x we get x=4/5. So DG=4/5, EG=3/5 and ED=5/5.
Piotr Chrzastowski-Wachtel, University of Warsaw, Poland.
tr AEG ~ tr ABF => EG/AG = 1/2, tr AEG ~ tr AGD => AG/GD = 2/4
ReplyDelete=> ED = 5 = FD