The diagram above shows a square A B C D with E as a random point outside the square. Is it true that A E 2 + E C 2 = B E 2 + D E 2 ?
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Nice proof. The British Flag Theorem does indeed apply to points outside the rectangle, (in this case square), as well.
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Thank you. I am wondering if there's a random point inside/outside a cyclic quadrilateral, does British Flag Theorem work?
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Only if the cyclic quadrilateral is a rectangle. However, it does work for a rectangle and any point in R 3 .
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@Brian Charlesworth – I am sorry, but i dont understand what are you saying about "any point in R 3 ". Can you specify the meaning of R 3 ?
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@Fidel Simanjuntak – R 3 is just shorthand for three dimensional Euclidean space .
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@Brian Charlesworth – Oh, i see now.. Thank you sir..
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△ E F C ⇒ E F 2 + F C 2 = E C 2 ⋯ ( 1 ) .
△ A E G ⇒ A G 2 + E G 2 = A E 2 ⋯ ( 2 ) .
( 1 ) + ( 2 ) ⇒ A E 2 + E C 2 = A G 2 + E G 2 + E F 2 + F C 2 ⋯ ( 3 ) .
△ B F E ⇒ B F 2 + E F 2 = B E 2 ⋯ ( 4 ) .
△ D E G ⇒ E G 2 + D G 2 = D E 2 ⋯ ( 5 ) .
( 4 ) + ( 5 ) ⇒ D E 2 + B E 2 = E G 2 + D G 2 + B F 2 + E F 2 ⋯ ( 6 ) .
By the figure, we know that A G = B F , F C = D G , then we can rewrite the equation ( 3 ) into A E 2 + E C 2 = B F 2 + E G 2 + E F 2 + D G 2 ⋯ ( 7 ) .
We can clearly see that ( 7 ) = ( 6 ) , hence it is True .