Circular locus

Level 2

The sides of triangle A B C ABC are 5 , 6 , 5,6, and 7 7 . P P is a point in the plane of the triangle such that P A 2 + P B 2 + P C 2 = 70 PA^2 + PB^2 + PC^2 = 70 . The locus of P P is a circle of radius r r , where r r can be expressed in the form m n \frac{m}{n} for some relatively prime positive integers m m and n n . Find 100 m + n 100m+n .


The answer is 1003.

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Anurag Mn
Jul 22, 2019

Though the answer is 1003. How can we prove that G (centroid) is the center of the circle of locus of P?

Have a look at https://brilliant.org/wiki/triangles-centroid/ there's a proof that the distance of a point to the centroid of a triangle is related to the distance of the point to the triangle's vertices.

moon tiger - 1 year, 1 month ago

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