In a isosceles triangle with , the incenter is in the midpoint of the line segment determined by the orthocenter and the barycenter . The length of line segment is less than the length of line segment . The lengths of the line segments and are .
If the area of the triangle can be expressed as
with being positive integers with coprime and square-free, find .
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The line segment A M , the height of the ABC triangle, is in the Euler Line of this triangle. Let O be the circumcenter of the triangle. On the Euler line the barycenter G is between the circumcenter O and the orthocenter H and is twice as far from the orthocenter as it is from the circumcenter, so H G = 2 G O . Hence H I = I G = G O = d . With these conditions, let us build the triangle.
Let us call O N = y and H M = x . Since I is the incenter, its distance from each side of the triangle is the same, hence I M = I P = d + x . Using the property of the barycenter G , we have: A G = 2 G M ∴ A O = 3 d + 2 x .
△ G O N ∼ △ G H C ( k = 2 1 ) ∴ H C = 2 y .
△ A O N ∼ △ A I P
d + x y = 5 d + 2 x 3 d + 2 x → 5 d y + 2 x y = 3 d 2 + 5 d x + 2 x 2 ( I ) .
△ C H M ∼ △ A I P
2 y x = 5 d + 2 x d + x → 2 d y + 2 x y = 5 d x + 2 x 2 ( I I ) .
Using ( I ) − ( I I ) we get: y = d ∴ x = 2 d . Also, A M = 2 1 5 d .
△ C H M ∼ △ A M B ( k = 2 y x = 4 1 ) → A B = 4 M B .
Using the pythagorean theorem on triangle ABM we have B C = d 1 5 .
Hence, the area of the ABC triangle is 2 B C . A M = 4 1 5 d 2 1 5 .
Finally, a = 1 5 , b = 1 5 , a n d c = 4 ⟶ a + b + c = 3 4 .