The internal bisectors of the angles of the Δ A B C meet the sides B C , C A and A B at the points P , Q and R respectively. If A B = 1 3 , B C = 1 4 , C A = 1 5 , find the area of △ P Q R .
If this area can be expressed as N M , where M and N are coprime positive integers, find M + N .
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@Akshay Yadav Nice solution.....but it would be great if we could generalise it for all triangles with sides a,b,c.
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Mohit here is the generalized formula (I won't be providing its proof as its very long)-
a r ( △ P Q R ) = ( a + b ) ( b + c ) ( c + a ) 2 a b c × a r ( △ A B C )
Where a , b and c are sides of △ A B C .
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Ya correct!!!!!!!!absolutely......i also derived the same :)
is there any link on google from where i can get the proof of this
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@Deepansh Jindal – The proof of the formula comes from what I did in the solution, just try to generalize it.
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@Akshay Yadav – i am not getting it it would be better if you provide a particular solution of the derivation
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@Deepansh Jindal – I will give you a short insight of the proof-
Consider the same triangle as I used in the generalized formula and my solution. We know that angle bisectors divide the side on which fall into the same ratio of other two sides (see solution).
So,
A P = a + b b c , P B = a + b a c , B Q = b + c a c , Q C = b + c a b , C R = a + c a b and R A = a + c b c .
Also,
sin ∠ A = b c 2 × a r ( △ A B C ), sin ∠ B = c a 2 × a r ( △ A B C ) and sin ∠ C = a b 2 × a r ( △ A B C ).
Now using this information to calculate area of △ A P R , △ B Q P and △ C R Q .
a r ( △ A P R ) = ( a + b ) ( b + c ) b c × a r ( △ A B C )
a r ( △ B Q P ) = ( b + c ) ( a + b ) c a × a r ( △ A B C )
a r ( △ C R Q ) = ( c + a ) ( b + c ) a b × a r ( △ A B C )
Now I leave the rest to you, you just need to subtract these areas with the area of △ A B C (as done in the solution), after lots of algebra and simplification you will get the answer.
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@Akshay Yadav – Proof is not at all long if you try using vectors.
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@Manish Maharaj – I am using simple geometry here! :)
@Deepansh Jindal – @Deepansh Jindal I have tried my best to explain the proof to you.
It was foolish of me apply cosine rule and then calculating sine of each angle by indentity, isn't it? I should have rather calculated that directly.
@ahmad saad which software do you use for these geometrical diagrams?
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Good and simple question. I enjoyed it thoroughly!
We know that angle bisectors divide the side on which fall into the same ratio of other two sides,
Here x a = y b .
Using the following theorem we get,
A P = 2 9 1 9 5 cm, P B = 2 9 1 8 2 cm, B Q = 2 1 3 cm, Q C = 2 1 5 cm, C R = 9 7 0 cm and R A = 9 6 5 cm .
Also by cosine rule,
cos ∠ C A B = 6 5 3 3 , cos ∠ A B C = 1 3 5 and cos ∠ B C A = 5 3 .
Hence we can find the sine of each angle.
sin ∠ C A B = 6 5 5 6 , sin ∠ A B C = 1 3 1 2 and sin ∠ B C A = 5 4 .
Now,
a r ( △ A P R ) = 2 1 × 2 9 1 9 5 × 9 6 5 × 6 5 5 6 = 8 7 1 8 2 0 cm²
a r ( △ B Q P ) = 2 1 × 2 9 1 8 2 × 2 1 3 × 1 3 1 2 = 2 9 5 4 6 cm²
a r ( △ C R Q ) = 2 1 × 2 1 5 × 9 7 0 × 5 4 = 3 7 0 cm²
So,
a r ( △ P Q R ) = a r ( △ A B C ) − a r ( △ A P R ) − a r ( △ B P Q ) − a r ( △ C Q R )
a r ( △ P Q R ) = 8 4 − 8 7 1 8 2 0 − 2 9 5 4 6 − 3 7 0
a r ( △ P Q R ) = 8 7 1 8 2 0 cm².