Familiar Triangles

Geometry Level 3

A B C \triangle ABC with incentre I I and circumcentre O O is such that A I O = 9 0 \angle AIO= 90^\circ and C I O = 4 5 \angle CIO= 45^\circ . Find A B B C \dfrac{AB}{BC}


The answer is 0.75.

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Ayush G Rai
Aug 25, 2017

First observe that B = 9 0 \angle B=90^\circ because C I A = 90 + B 2 135 = 90 + B 2 B = 9 0 . \angle CIA=90+\frac{\angle B}{2}\Rightarrow 135=90+\frac{\angle B}{2}\Rightarrow \angle B=90^\circ.
Let D D be a point on A C AC such that I D ID is \perp to A C . AC. Let R R be the circum-radius and r r be the in-radius.
A O = R , I O = R 2 2 R r AO=R, IO=\sqrt{R^2-2Rr} (Well known fact), I D = r , A I = 2 R r . ID=r, AI=\sqrt{2Rr}.
Now A D I \triangle ADI is similar A I O . \triangle AIO.
So, I D I O = A I A O r R 2 2 R r = 2 R r R . \dfrac{ID}{IO}=\dfrac{AI}{AO}\Rightarrow \dfrac{r}{\sqrt{R^2-2Rr}}=\dfrac{\sqrt{2Rr}}{R}. After some algebraic manipulation, we get r = 2 R 5 . r=\frac{2R}{5}.
Now let E E be a point on A B AB such that I E IE is \perp to A . A.
We get A I = 2 R 5 , I E = r , AI=\frac{2R}{\sqrt{5}}, IE=r, so A E = 4 R 5 AE=\frac{4R}{5} by applying Pythagoras Theorem in A I E . \triangle AIE. Then B E = r = 2 R 5 . BE=r=\frac{2R}{5}. So, A B = 6 R 5 . AB=\frac{6R}{5}.
We also know that A C = 2 R . AC=2R. So we get B C = 8 R 5 BC=\frac{8R}{5} by again applying Pythagoras Theorem in A B C . \triangle ABC.
Therefore A B B C = 3 4 \dfrac{AB}{BC}=\boxed{\dfrac{3}{4}} . .


S O L U T I O N : SOLUTION :

Observe that A I C = 9 0 + B 2 135 = 90 + B 2 B = 9 0 . \angle AIC=90^\circ+\frac{\angle B}{2}\Rightarrow 135=90+\frac{\angle B}{2} \Rightarrow \angle B=90^\circ.

Then draw the circumcircle of A B C \triangle ABC . Because B = 9 0 \angle B\ = 90^\circ , AC will be the diameter.

And in a right angled triangle The circumcentre will be the midpoint of the hypotenuse.

Extend AI to meet the circumcircle at D. Then ID=DC. Moreover, A D C \triangle ADC is similar to A I O \triangle AIO (Common angle and 9 0 90^\circ )

Thus by similarity we find that

D C DC = 2 I O 2IO and A D AD = 2 A I 2AI

A D AD = 2 A I 2AI \Rightarrow D I DI = A I AI .

D C DC = D I DI = = A I AI

t a n A 2 = D C A D = A I 2 A I = 1 2 tan \frac{\angle A}{2} = \frac{DC}{AD} = \frac{AI}{2AI} = \frac{1}{2}

t a n A = 2 t a n A / 2 1 t a n 2 A / 2 tan \angle A = \frac{2tan \angle A/2}{1- tan ^2 \angle A/2} = 2. 1 2 1 1 4 \frac{ 2 . \frac{1}{2}}{1-\frac{1}{4}} = 4 3 \frac{4}{3}

So, A B B C \frac{AB}{BC} = 1 t a n A \frac{1}{tan \angle A} = 3 4 \frac{3}{4} = 0.75 \boxed{0.75}

Nice Problem! I got another useful fact that the ratio R r = 5 2 . \frac{R}{r}=\frac{5}{2}.

Ayush G Rai - 3 years, 9 months ago

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Yeah R=5x/2 and r=(3x+4x-5x)/2= x which implies R/r = 5/2.

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