Find that length

Geometry Level 3

In Right A B C \triangle ABC , right angled at B B , G G is the midpoint of A C AC and F F is the midpoint of a line segment D E DE as shown in the figure above. If D A = 4 DA=4 and E C = 3 EC=3 , then what is the length of G F GF ?


The answer is 2.5.

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2 solutions

Stephen Mellor
Feb 25, 2018

Define i i and j j to be the unit vectors in the horizontal and vertical directions respectively. Also let length B D = a BD =a and length B E = b BE = b .

F G = F E + E C + C G \vec{FG} = \vec{FE} + \vec{EC} + \vec{CG} F G = 1 2 D E + E C + 1 2 C A \vec{FG} = \frac{1}{2}\vec{DE} + \vec{EC} + \frac{1}{2}\vec{CA} F G = 1 2 ( a i + b j ) + ( 3 j ) + 1 2 ( ( a + 4 ) i ( b + 3 ) j ) \vec{FG} = \frac{1}{2}(-ai + bj) + (3j) + \frac{1}{2}\bigg((a+4)i - (b+3)j\bigg) 2 F G = a i + b j + 6 j + a i + 4 i b j 3 j 2\vec{FG} = -ai + bj + 6j + ai + 4i -bj - 3j 2 F G = 4 i + 3 j 2\vec{FG} = 4i + 3j F G = 2 i + 3 2 j \vec{FG} = 2i + \frac32j F G = 2 2 + ( 3 2 ) 2 |FG| = \sqrt{2^2 + \bigg(\frac32\bigg)^2} F G = 5 2 = 2.5 |FG| = \frac52 = \boxed{2.5}

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