Equilateral Triangle with a Point

Geometry Level 5

Given an equilateral triangle A B C ABC , and a point inside A B C ABC as P P . Given, P A = a , P B = b , P C = c PA=a, PB=b, PC=c and A B = l AB=l . We have l = a 2 + b 2 + c 2 p + q r D , l=\sqrt{\dfrac{a^2+b^2+c^2}p+q\sqrt{r}D} , where D D is the area of the triangle formed by P A , P B PA,PB and P C PC .

It is given that p , q p,q and r r are positive integers with r r square-free. Find p q r pqr .


The answer is 12.

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Ajit Athle
Oct 2, 2018

See the diagram on which the formula has been derived. Areas of triangles PAB,PBC & PCA have ben labelled as X, Y & Z resply.

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