P,R and Q are on AB , BC and AC of the equilateral triangle ABC respectively.
AP : PB = AQ : QC = 1 : 2 . G is the centroid of the △ PQA and R is the mid point of AC.
Then,
AG : GR = x : y (where x and y are coprimes)
Find x + y
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Sorry for the mistake.....have corrected it.
This is clearly not required for this problem, but since I was learning barycentric coordinates, I decided to test it out on this problem.
Let A = ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) , B = ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) , C = ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) . We then have P = ( 3 2 , 2 1 , 0 ) and Q = ( 3 2 , 0 , 3 1 ) .
G is the centroid of A P Q , so it is the average of the coordinates of A , P , and Q . Thus, G = ( 9 7 , 9 1 , 9 1 ) . R is the mid-point of BC, so R = ( 0 , 2 1 , 2 1 ) .
A G = ( − 9 2 , 9 1 , 9 1 ) and G R = ( − 9 7 , 1 8 7 , 1 8 7 )
It is clear that G R A G = 7 2 .
And so our desired answer is 2 + 7 = 9
What it is this barycentric coordinates about ??
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A B A P = 1 + 2 1 = 3 1 ⟹ A P = 3 1 ∗ A B . A P A G = 3 2 ∗ 2 3 = 3 1 . ⟹ A G = 3 1 ∗ A P = 3 1 ∗ A B ∗ 3 1 . A R = 2 3 A B . G R = A R − A G = ( 2 3 − 3 ∗ 3 1 ) ∗ A B = 1 8 7 ∗ 3 ∗ A B . ∴ G R A G = 7 ∗ 3 1 8 ∗ 3 ∗ 3 1 = 7 2 = y x . x + y = 9