Minimizing a Geometrical Expression!

Geometry Level 4

Ω = ( 1 + r a R a ) ( 1 + r b R b ) ( 1 + r c R c ) \large{\Omega = \left(1+ \dfrac{r_a}{R_a} \right)\left(1+ \dfrac{r_b}{R_b} \right)\left(1+ \dfrac{r_c}{R_c} \right)}

Let P P be a point inside an equilateral triangle A B C ABC , and let R a , R b , R c R_a,R_b,R_c and r a , r b , r c r_a, r_b, r_c denote the distances of P P from the vertices and edges, respectively, of the triangle. Find the minimum value of Ω \Omega .


The answer is 3.375.

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1 solution

Kenny Lau
Aug 2, 2015

(I'll write a better solution when I can think of one.)

The usual strategy for this kind of problems is to use the equality case, i.e. when 1 + r a R a = 1 + r b R b = 1 + r c R c 1+\frac{r_a}{R_a}=1+\frac{r_b}{R_b}=1+\frac{r_c}{R_c} .

That leaves us with the central point,where all the ratios are 1:2, because the centroid divides medians into 1:2 ratios.

This is an objective approach!

Satyajit Mohanty - 5 years, 10 months ago

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