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Monday, March 9, 2020
Dynamic Geometry 1460: Newton-Gauss Line, Complete Quadrilateral, Midpoints of Diagonals
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Define points K, P, Q as midpoint of CF, DF, CD ( see sketch) Note that T, K, P are collinear Same as W,Q,P and N, Q, K Consider triangle CDF and secant ABF, we have EC/ED x BC/BF x AD/AF = 1…..(1) But EC/ED= TK/TP ; BC/BF= WP/WQ ; AD/AF=NQ/NK Replace it in ( 1) then we have TK/TP x WP/WQ x NQ/NK= 1 So N, W, T are colinear per Menelaus’s theorem
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Note that T, K, P are collinear
Same as W,Q,P and N, Q, K
Consider triangle CDF and secant ABF, we have
EC/ED x BC/BF x AD/AF = 1…..(1)
But EC/ED= TK/TP ; BC/BF= WP/WQ ; AD/AF=NQ/NK
Replace it in ( 1) then we have TK/TP x WP/WQ x NQ/NK= 1
So N, W, T are colinear per Menelaus’s theorem