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Circumcenters and Vectors (Posted on 2017-12-31)

1) Let I be the incenter of acute ΔABC and A' the circumcenter of ΔIBC.

     Prove that A, I, and A' are collinear.

2) Let B' and C' be the circumcenters of triangles ICA and IAB respectively.

     Prove that the sum of the vectors IA', IB', and IC' is the zero vector 0
     if and only if ΔABC is equilateral.

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re: Analytic solution

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(In reply to Analytic solution by Jer)

You lost me at "thus I=(0,0), A=(a,0), B=(b,0)".

Line AB is tangent to the incircle, but "thus ..." implies that

it passes through the center of the incircle.

BTW did you notice that the triangles ABC and A'B'C' have the

same circumcircle and |IX| * |IX'| = 2*r*R

where r and R are the inradius and circumradius of triangle ABC.

Edited on January 2, 2018, 5:38 pm

Posted by Bractals on 2018-01-02 13:51:38

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