Classical Triangle Centers

Geometry Level 5

In a isosceles triangle A B C ABC with B = C \angle B = \angle C , the incenter I I is in the midpoint of the line segment determined by the orthocenter H H and the barycenter G G . The length of line segment A G \overline{AG} is less than the length of line segment A H \overline{AH} . The lengths of the line segments H I \overline{HI} and I G \overline{IG} are d d .

If the area of the A B C ABC triangle can be expressed as

a d 2 b c \frac{ad^2\sqrt{b}}{c}

with a , b , c a,b,c being positive integers with a , c a,c coprime and b b square-free, find a + b + c a+b+c .


The answer is 34.

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1 solution

Pedro Bittencourt
Jun 10, 2015

The line segment A M \overline{AM} , the height of the ABC triangle, is in the Euler Line of this triangle. Let O O be the circumcenter of the triangle. On the Euler line the barycenter G G is between the circumcenter O O and the orthocenter H H and is twice as far from the orthocenter as it is from the circumcenter, so H G = 2 G O \overline{HG} = 2\overline{GO} . Hence H I = I G = G O = d \overline{HI} = \overline{IG} = \overline{GO} = d . With these conditions, let us build the triangle.

Let us call O N = y \overline{ON} = y and H M = x \overline{HM} = x . Since I I is the incenter, its distance from each side of the triangle is the same, hence I M = I P = d + x \overline{IM} = \overline{IP} = d+x . Using the property of the barycenter G G , we have: A G = 2 G M A O = 3 d + 2 x \overline{AG} = 2\overline{GM} \therefore \overline{AO} = 3d+2x .

G O N G H C ( k = 1 2 ) H C = 2 y \triangle GON \sim \triangle GHC \, (k=\frac{1}{2}) \therefore \overline{HC} = 2y .

A O N A I P \triangle AON \sim \triangle AIP

y d + x = 3 d + 2 x 5 d + 2 x 5 d y + 2 x y = 3 d 2 + 5 d x + 2 x 2 ( I ) \frac{y}{d+x} = \frac{3d+2x}{5d+2x} \rightarrow 5dy+2xy=3d^2+5dx+2x^2 \, (I) .

C H M A I P \triangle CHM \sim \triangle AIP

x 2 y = d + x 5 d + 2 x 2 d y + 2 x y = 5 d x + 2 x 2 ( I I ) \frac{x}{2y} = \frac{d+x}{5d+2x} \rightarrow 2dy+2xy=5dx+2x^2 \, (II) .

Using ( I ) ( I I ) (I) - (II) we get: y = d x = d 2 y=d \therefore x = \frac{d}{2} . Also, A M = 15 d 2 \overline{AM} = \frac{15d}{2} .

C H M A M B ( k = x 2 y = 1 4 ) A B = 4 M B \triangle CHM \sim \triangle AMB \, (k=\frac{x}{2y} = \frac{1}{4}) \rightarrow \overline{AB} = 4\overline{MB} .

Using the pythagorean theorem on triangle ABM we have B C = d 15 \overline{BC} = d\sqrt{15} .

Hence, the area of the ABC triangle is B C . A M 2 = 15 d 2 15 4 \frac{\overline{BC}.\overline{AM}}{2} = \frac{15d^2\sqrt{15}}{4} .

Finally, a = 15 , b = 15 , a n d c = 4 a + b + c = 34 a=15 \, , \, b=15 \, , \, and \, c=4 \longrightarrow \large \boxed{a+b+c=34} .

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