Triangle ABC is isosceles with AB=AC=2. There are 100 points P1,P2,P3,....,P99, P100 on BC. Write Mi=APi^2+BPi.PiC (i=1,2,3....100). Find the value of √(M1+M2+...+M100).
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Consider A B M i Construct A D We have, B D Let, B D P i D M i ⟹ M i ⟹ i = 1 ∑ 1 0 0 M i Δ A B C = A C = 2 (Given) = ( A P i ) 2 + B P i × C P i ⊥ B C = C D Since Δ A B C is isoceles. = C D = x = x i = ( A P i ) 2 + B P i × C P i = ( A P i ) 2 + ( x − x i ) × ( x + x i ) = ( A P i ) 2 + ( x 2 − x i 2 ) = A D 2 + x 2 Since A P i 2 − x i 2 = A P i 2 − P i D 2 = A D 2 = A B 2 = 4 = 4 = 4 × 1 0 0 = 2 0
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Draw a circle with radius 2 and center A . Then B C is a chord of the circle, and for any i the segment A P i extends to a diameter of the circle S i A P i T i . It follows from the power of a point theorem for two secants that S i P i ⋅ P i T i = B P i ⋅ P i C Therefore, 4 − A P i 2 = ( 2 + A P i ) ⋅ ( 2 − A P i ) = S i P i ⋅ P i T i = B P i ⋅ P i C ⟹ M i = A P i 2 + B P i ⋅ P i C = 4
Since this is true for all i , M 1 + M 2 + ⋯ + M 1 0 0 = 1 0 0 ⋅ 4 = 2 0