Be Cautious!

Geometry Level 5

I accidentally created this problem while solving INMO 1999 question 1 .

Let A B C \triangle ABC be an acute angled triangle in which D , E , F D,\ E,\ F are points on B C , C A , A B BC,\ CA,\ AB respectively such that A D B C AD \perp BC ; A E = E C AE=EC ; and C F CF bisects C \angle C internally. Suppose C F CF meets A D AD and B E BE (change) in M M and N N respectively. If F M = 2 , M N = 1 , N C = 3 FM= 2,\ MN= 1,\ NC= 3 , find the perimeter p p of the A B C \triangle ABC .

Answer p p in 3 significant digits. (Round to even method)

Hint: Please do not make any unnecessary assumptions.

Note: For those requesting clarification, I can guarantee that the problem is correct. If you can't solve, see solution.


The answer is 19.55.

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1 solution

Jayesh Parikh
Feb 12, 2014

This is Megh Parikh

Order of F , N , M , C F,N,M,C

case 1: F M N C F-M-N-C

Then N is mid-point of CF & E is midpoint AC => EN should be parallel to AF i.e AB. But that cant be true. (I have not twisted the question to become like this. This is how the question originally appeared to me.)

case 2: F N M C F-N-M-C

diagram diagram

Applying meneleaus theorem in A C F \triangle ACF with B E BE transversal A E E C C N N F F B A B = 1 \frac{AE}{EC}\cdot \frac{CN}{NF}\cdot \frac{FB}{AB}=1

Evaluating this we get 2 a = b 2a=b .

Applying meneleaus theorem in B C F \triangle BCF with A D AD transversal B D D C C M M F F A A B = 1 \frac{BD}{DC}\cdot \frac{CM}{MF}\cdot \frac{FA}{AB}=1

Evaluating this we get 5 c 2 = 21 a 2 5c^2=21a^2 .

Also we know that length of angle bisector is 4. a b ( 1 c 2 ( a + b ) 2 ) = 4 a\cdot b\cdot (1- \frac{c^2}{(a+b)^2} ) =4

Evaluating this we get a = 15 a=\sqrt{15} b = 2 15 b=2\sqrt{15} c = 3 7 c= 3\sqrt{7}

Good work!

Shaan Vaidya - 7 years, 3 months ago

i also did it by this method

Chaitu Sakhare - 7 years, 3 months ago

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