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The midpoint of Tangency (Posted on 2019-04-13) Difficulty: 4 of 5
In right angled ΔABC, ∠ABC=90 and ∠BCA=60. The incircle of ΔABC touches sides BC and AB at points D and E respectively. Let F be the midpoint of DE. P, Q, R are the feet of perpendiculars from F on BC, CA, AB respectively.

Find (AB+BC+CA)/(PQ+QR+RP).

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Solution | Comment 1 of 2
AC=l  AB=3/2*l BC=l/2

Then AB+AC+BC= (3+√3)/2 * l  
(r is the radio of the incircle and l= (1+√3)*r  (after applying A(ABC)=s*r (s=semiperimeter)

So: AB+AC+BC= (6 + 4√3)*r

FR=FP= r/2

For FQ: If M is the interseccion of RF (extended) with AC, then FQ=√3/2 *FM
and FM= (3+5√3)/6)*r (after some calculation)

Then apply cosine rule to calculate PQ, QR, RP

I got: PQ+QR+RP=4.8187*r

Then if I get all things all right: 

(AB+AC+BC)/(PQ+QR+RP)= 2.6828

This is not a difficult problem, as we are in a right triangle...

Edited on April 17, 2019, 4:28 am
  Posted by armando on 2019-04-17 04:21:33

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