3 known, 3 unknown

Geometry Level 4

Given a triangle A B C \triangle ABC and a point P P . A P , B P , C P AP, BP, CP intersect B C , A C , A B BC, AC, AB at point D , E , F D, E, F respectively. A r e a B P F = 1 A r e a B P D = 2 A r e a C P D = 3 A r e a A P F = a A r e a A P E = b A r e a C P E = c \begin{aligned} &Area \triangle BPF=1\\ &Area \triangle BPD=2\\ & Area \triangle CPD=3\\ &Area \triangle APF=a\\ &Area \triangle APE=b\\ &Area \triangle CPE=c \end{aligned} Find 7 a + 21 b + 9 c \large 7a+21b+9c


The answer is 28.

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2 solutions

Chan Tin Ping
Jan 6, 2018

This solution use the theorem 'ratio of length = ratio area of triangle with same height' frequently (Exp: C F F P = A r e a C F B A r e a P F B \frac {CF}{FP}= \frac{Area \triangle CFB}{Area \triangle PFB} ). Apply Ceva theorem with B P C \triangle BPC and point A A . We get B D D C × C F F P × P E E B = 1 2 3 × 1 + 2 + 3 1 × c c + 3 + 2 = 1 4 c = c + 5 c = 5 3 \begin{aligned} &\frac{BD}{DC}× \frac{CF}{FP} × \frac{PE}{EB}=1 \\ & \frac{2}{3}× \frac{1+2+3}{1}× \frac{c}{c+3+2}=1 \\ & 4c=c+5 \\ & c= \frac {5}{3} \end{aligned} Apply Ceva theorem with A P B \triangle APB and point C C . We get A F F B × B E E P × P D D A = 1 a 1 × 2 + 3 + c c × 2 2 + 1 + a = 1 8 a = a + 3 a = 3 7 \begin{aligned} & \frac{AF}{FB}× \frac{BE}{EP}× \frac{PD}{DA}=1 \\ & \frac{a}{1}× \frac{2+3+c}{c}× \frac{2}{2+1+a}=1 \\ & 8a=a+3 \\ & a= \frac{3}{7} \end{aligned} Apply Ceva theorem with A B C \triangle ABC and point P P . We get A F F B × B D D C × C E E A = 1 a 1 × 2 3 × c b = 1 b = 10 21 \begin{aligned} & \frac{AF}{FB}× \frac{BD}{DC}× \frac{CE}{EA}=1 \\ & \frac{a}{1}× \frac{2}{3}× \frac{c}{b}=1 \\ & b= \frac{10}{21} \end{aligned} Hence, the answer is 7 a + 21 b + 9 c = 28 7a+21b+9c=\large 28 .

Joe Mansley
Jan 8, 2020

The key idea is that if 2 triangles have the same height then the ratio of their areas is equal to the ratio of there base lengths. [ A B D ] [ A C D ] = B D C D \frac{[ABD]}{[ACD]} = \frac{BD}{CD} But we also have [ P B D ] [ P C D ] = B D C D \frac{[PBD]}{[PCD]} = \frac{BD}{CD}

Thus [ A B D ] [ A C D ] = [ P B D ] [ P C D ] \frac{[ABD]}{[ACD]} = \frac{[PBD]}{[PCD]}

a + 3 b + c + 3 = 2 3 \frac{a+3}{b+c+3} = \frac{2}{3}

3 a + 3 = 2 b + 2 c 3a+3=2b+2c

Working similarly with other pairs of triangles gives 5 a = b + c 5a=b+c and c + c a = 5 b c+ca=5b

Plugging 5 a = b + c 5a=b+c into 3 a + 3 = 2 b + 2 c 3a+3=2b+2c gives a = 3 / 7 a=3/7

From there we can get c = 5 / 3 c=5/3 and b = 10 / 21 b=10/21

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