Let P be a point in the interior of an equilateral triangle.
Three line segments connect P with the vertices of the
triangle and three line segments connect P perpendicularly
to the sides of the triangle.
These six line segments divide the triangle into six smaller
triangles that surround P.
If u, v, w, x, y, and z denote the areas of the triangles
around P in that order, then prove that
u + w + y = v + x + z.
Using 1. the same definitions in my last post (as lengths, not squares of lengths) 2. the short proof from the last occasion of the result that A1=(i+k+m)/2 (the longer proof is not needed) and 3. working on the rectangles rather than the triangles to get rid of the fractions, we have:
ai+bi+ck+dk+em+fm=i+k+m: which we may write as
ai+ck+em=i+k+m-bi-dk-fm, or =i(1-b)+k(1-d)+m(1-f)
but 1-b=a etc, so ai+ck+em=i-ai+k-ck+m-em, or
2ai+2ck+2em=i+k+m; similarly, 2bi+2dk+2fm=i+k+m:
so ai+ck+em=bi+dk+fm.
QED
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Posted by broll
on 2010-04-17 07:39:28 |