Centroid

Geometry Level 3

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 \triangle PQA and R is the mid point of AC.

Then,

AG : GR = x : y (where x and y are coprimes)

Find x + y


The answer is 9.

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A P A B = 1 1 + 2 = 1 3 A P = 1 3 A B . A G A P = 2 3 3 2 = 1 3 . A G = 1 3 A P = 1 3 A B 1 3 . A R = 3 2 A B . G R = A R A G = ( 3 2 1 3 3 ) A B = 7 3 18 A B . A G G R = 18 7 3 1 3 3 = 2 7 = x y . x + y = 9 \dfrac{AP}{AB}=\dfrac{1}{1+2}=\dfrac 1 3~~\implies~AP=\dfrac 1 3 *AB .\\\dfrac{AG}{AP}=\dfrac 2 3 * \dfrac{\sqrt3} 2 =\dfrac 1 {\sqrt 3}.~~\implies AG=\dfrac 1 {\sqrt 3}*AP= \dfrac 1 {\sqrt 3}*AB*\dfrac 1 3. \\AR=\dfrac{\sqrt3} 2 AB.\\GR=AR-AG=(\dfrac {\sqrt3} 2 -\dfrac 1 {3*\sqrt3})*AB=\dfrac{7*\sqrt3}{18}*AB.\\\therefore~\dfrac{AG}{GR}=\dfrac {18}{7*\sqrt3}* \dfrac 1 {3*\sqrt3} = \dfrac 2 7 =\dfrac x y .\\x+y =~~~\large\color{#D61F06}{9}

Ankita Chaturvedi
Mar 14, 2015

Image given above is not as per the question asked

Sorry for the mistake.....have corrected it.

Sakanksha Deo - 6 years, 3 months ago
Jason Zou
Jun 30, 2015

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 ) A=(1,0,0), B=(0,1,0), C=(0,0,1) . We then have P = ( 2 3 , 1 2 , 0 ) P=(\frac{2}{3},\frac{1}{2},0) and Q = ( 2 3 , 0 , 1 3 ) Q=(\frac{2}{3},0,\frac{1}{3}) .

G G is the centroid of A P Q APQ , so it is the average of the coordinates of A A , P P , and Q Q . Thus, G = ( 7 9 , 1 9 , 1 9 ) G=(\frac{7}{9},\frac{1}{9},\frac{1}{9}) . R is the mid-point of BC, so R = ( 0 , 1 2 , 1 2 ) R=(0,\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2}) .

A G = ( 2 9 , 1 9 , 1 9 ) \overrightarrow{AG}=(-\frac{2}{9},\frac{1}{9},\frac{1}{9}) and G R = ( 7 9 , 7 18 , 7 18 ) \overrightarrow{GR}=(-\frac{7}{9},\frac{7}{18},\frac{7}{18})

It is clear that A G G R = 2 7 \frac{\overrightarrow{AG}}{\overrightarrow{GR}} = \frac{2}{7} .

And so our desired answer is 2 + 7 = 9 2+7=\boxed{9}

What it is this barycentric coordinates about ??

Chirayu Bhardwaj - 5 years, 3 months ago

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