Circular Motion without Physics

Geometry Level 5

Let A B C ABC be a triangle. Let I I be its incenter. Let L , M , N L, M, N be the circumcenters of triangles B I C , A I C , A I B BIC, AIC, AIB , respectively. What is the sum of the powers of L , M , N L, M, N with respect to the circumcircle of A B C \triangle ABC ?

Note :The power of point P to circle ω \omega with radius r r and center O O is O P 2 r 2 OP^2 - r^2 .


The answer is 0.

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2 solutions

Alan Yan
Sep 20, 2015

It is well-known that the circumcenters of B I C , A I C , A I B \triangle BIC , \triangle AIC , \triangle AIB are the midpoints of the arcs B C , C A , A B BC, CA, AB . This implies that L , M , N L,M,N lie on the circumcircle which implies that all of their powers are 0 0 . It is well-known that 0 + 0 + 0 = 0 0 + 0 + 0 = \boxed{0} .

How do you prove it though? (sorry if this is trivial)

Deeparaj Bhat - 5 years, 3 months ago
Ujjwal Rane
Sep 6, 2016

Incenter circle centers on Circumcircle Incenter circle centers on Circumcircle Since incenter I lies on angle bisectors, C A B = 2 I A B = I N B \angle CAB = 2 \angle IAB = \angle INB angle subtended by the minor arc BI at center N.

Similarly, C B A = I N A \angle CBA = \angle INA

Thus A N B = C A B + C B A = \angle ANB = \angle CAB + \angle CBA = angle subtended by the arc ACB of the circumcircle on the circumference. Hence any point N at which the arc subtends the same angle must be on the circumference of the circumcircle too. Thus N lies on the circumcircle and has power = 0.

Similarly, the other two centers L and M can also be proved to lie on the circumcircle. Giving the sum of their powers = 0 + 0 + 0 = 0

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