A geometry problem by Toni Shani

Geometry Level 3

It is given e right triangle A B C ABC , where A ^ = 90 \hat { A } ={ 90 }^{ \circ } . A H AH is the altitude of A A to B C BC .

Which of the following sentences is/are true?

a) B C , B A , B H BC,BA,BH follows a geometric progressions

b) B H , A H , C H BH,AH,CH does not follow a geometric progression.

Both Neither a b

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1 solution

Toni Shani
Apr 11, 2016

We know that a geometric progression is a sequence in which the ratio of a term to its preceding term is a constant number r r .Now in the right triangle we know that A B C A H B \triangle ABC\sim \triangle AHB from this we have A B B C = B H A B = r \frac { AB }{ BC } =\frac { BH }{ AB } =r

So we have that B C , B A , B H BC,BA,BH is a geometric progression and the first sentence is correct.

Now in the second sentence we know that A H C B H A A H B H = C H A H = d \triangle AHC\sim \triangle BHA\Longrightarrow \frac { AH }{ BH } =\frac { CH }{ AH } =d

So B H , A H , C H BH,AH,CH is a geometric progression and the second sentence is wrong

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