Triangle A B C is located in the x y -plane with circumcenter I and centroid G ( 3 8 ; 0 ) . Points M ( 0 ; 1 ) and N ( 4 ; 1 ) are the reflections of point I across the lines A B and A C respectively.
Assuming that line B C contains point ( 2 ; − 1 ) . Locate the circumcircle of triangle A B C by finding its center I ( a ; b ) and its radius c . Submit your answer as the integer a b c .
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The equation of line B C which contains point ( 2 ; − 1 ) and is parallel to line M N is y = − 1 .
Let point H and E be the midpoints of M N and B C respectively.
H has the coordinate of ( 2 ; 1 ) .
We can easily prove that A H E I is a parallelogram.
Let F be the midpoint of I E .
Because A G = 2 G E , combined with A H E I being a parallelogram, we can deduce that H G = 2 G F .
Using H G = 2 G F with coordinates of points H and G being known, we can find the coordinate of point F .
We can find the the equation of line E F which contains point F and is perpendicular to line B C .
Then find the coordinate of point E which is the intersection of lines E F and B C .
Using the equation I F = F E , we can find the coordinate of point I as ( 3 ; 0 ) and I A = H E = 5 which is also the radius.
In conclusion, we can submit the answer as 3 0 5 .
Let A:(x1,y1), B:(x2,y2) & C:(x3,y3). Then x1+x2=a, y1+y2=b+1, x1+x3=a+4, y1+y3=b+1, x1+x2+x3=8, y1+y2+y3=0 These equations, yield A:[(2a-4),(2b+2)], B:[(4-a),(-b-1)] and C:[(8-a),(-b-1)]. Since I:(a,b) is the circum-centre with radius = √c, we can further write the following equations: ((2a-4)-a)^2+((2b+2)-b)^2=c -----(1) ((4-a)-a)^2+((-b-1)-b)^2=c --------(2) and ((8-a)-a)^2+((-b-1)-b)^2=c --------(3) **These yield, a=3, b=0 & c=5
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Let a = I A , b = I B , c = I C , q = O I . Then ∣ a ∣ = ∣ b ∣ = ∣ c ∣ = R , the outradius.
Then a + b is a vector perpendicular to A B , and it follows that I M = a + b . Similarly I N = a + c . In addition 3 1 ( a + b + c ) = I G . Thus a + b a + c a + b + c = ( 1 0 ) − q = ( 1 4 ) − q = ( 0 8 ) − 3 q and hence a = ( 2 − 4 ) + q b = ( − 1 4 ) − 2 q a = ( − 1 8 ) − 2 q Since ( 2 , − 1 ) lies on B C , we deduce that ( − 1 2 ) − q = λ b + ( 1 − λ ) c = ( − 1 8 − 4 λ ) − 2 q for some λ , and hence that q = ( 0 α ) for some α . Since a , b , c must all have the same length (the outradius), we deduce that α = 3 .
Thus we deduce the coordinates A ( 2 , 2 ) , B ( 1 , − 1 ) , C ( 5 , − 1 ) and I ( 3 , − 0 ) , with outradius 5 . Thus the answer is 3 0 5 .