An interesting ratio

Geometry Level 3

In triangle A B C ABC as shown above, the centroid G G is determined by the intersections of A D AD , B E BE and C F CF , where D D , E E and F F are the midpoints of B C BC , A C AC and A B AB respectively.

Now suppose A G AG is bisected with its midpoint M M and B M BM extended meets A C AC at K K , while C M CM extended meets A B AB at L L . If A L A B = A K A C = 1 X \dfrac{AL}{AB}=\dfrac{AK}{AC}=\frac{1}{X} , find X X .


The answer is 5.

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Ahmad Saad
Jul 10, 2017

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