Fibonacci Sequence...and a Triangle?

Geometry Level 2

The lengths of the sides of a (possibly degenerate) triangle are consecutive terms of the Fibonacci Sequence. The semiperimeter of the triangle is 144 144 . What is the area of the triangle?


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1 solution

Yashas Ravi
Apr 6, 2018

Let a,b, and c be the lengths of the sides of the Triangle. If the lengths are terms of the Fibonacci Sequence, then a + b = c a+b=c . Since the semiperimeter is 144 144 , and the perimeter is twice the semiperimeter, 144 2 = 288 144*2=288 which is the perimeter. As a result, a + b + c = 288 a+b+c=288 . Since a + b = c a+b=c , substituting for c c we get a + b + a + b = 288 a+b+a+b=288 . This simplifies to a + b = 144 a+b=144 . Because a + b = c a+b=c , c = 144 c=144 . As a result, the third side of the triangle is equal to the sum of the other two, so the triangle is degenerate. In this case, it will be a line segment. The length of the segment is 144 144 and the height is 0 0 , so ( 0.5 ) ( 144 ) ( 0 ) = 0 (0.5)*(144)*(0)=0 , which is the area of the triangle. Note: ( ) (*) represents multiplication.

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