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Geometry Level 5

In Δ A B C \Delta ABC ,

(1) D E B C DE || BC such that A D B , A E C A - D - B , A - E - C

(2) J G C A JG || CA such that B J C , B G A B - J - C , B - G - A

(3) F I A B FI || AB such that C F A , C I B C - F - A , C - I - B

D E , I F , G J DE , IF , GJ are concurrent at H H

Given that [ G D H ] = 200 , [ F H E ] = 50 , [ H I J ] = 450 [GDH] = 200 , [FHE] = 50 , [HIJ] = 450 ,

Find [ A B C ] [ABC]

D e t a i l s : Details:

( i ) (i) : [ A B C ] [ABC] represents area of Δ A B C \Delta ABC

( i i i ) (iii) : A D B A - D - B represents the betweeness property which means D D is between A , B A , B


The answer is 1800.

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7 solutions

Nihar Mahajan
Feb 15, 2015

We can easily figure out that ,

Δ G D H Δ F H E G D F H = G H F E = D H H E = [ G D H ] [ F H E ] = 200 50 = 2 1 \Delta GDH \sim \Delta FHE \Rightarrow \frac{GD}{FH} = \frac{GH}{FE} = \frac{DH}{HE} = \sqrt \frac{[GDH]}{[FHE]} = \sqrt{\frac{200}{50}} = \frac{2}{1}

Δ G D H Δ H I J G D H I = D H I J = G H H J = [ G D H ] [ H I J ] = 200 450 = 2 3 \Delta GDH \sim \Delta HIJ \Rightarrow \frac{GD}{HI} = \frac{DH}{IJ} = \frac{GH}{HJ} = \sqrt \frac{[GDH]}{[HIJ]} = \sqrt {\frac{200}{450}} ={\frac{2}{3}}

Δ H I J Δ F H E H I F H = I J H E = H J F E = [ H I J ] [ F H E ] = 450 50 = 3 1 \Delta HIJ \sim \Delta FHE \Rightarrow \frac{HI}{FH} = \frac{IJ}{HE} = \frac{HJ}{FE} = \sqrt \frac{[HIJ]}{[FHE]} = \sqrt{\frac{450}{50}} = \frac{3}{1}

Hence , Let F H = x , G D = 2 x , I J = 3 x E F = y , G H = 2 y , H J = 3 y H E = z , H D = 2 z , H I = 3 z FH = x , GD = 2x , IJ = 3x \\ EF = y , GH = 2y , HJ = 3y \\ HE = z , HD = 2z , HI = 3z

A G H F , D H I B , H E C J , a r e , p a r a l l e l o g r a m s A G = x , B I = 2 z , C E = 3 y AGHF , DHIB , HECJ , are , parallelograms \\ AG = x , BI = 2z , CE = 3y

A G G D = x 2 x = 1 2 = [ A G H ] [ G H D ] = A G H 200 [ A G H ] = [ A F H ] = 100 \frac{AG}{GD} = \frac{x}{2x} = \frac{1}{2} = \frac{[AGH]}{[GHD]} = \frac{AGH}{200}\Rightarrow [AGH] = [AFH] = 100

B I I J = 2 z 3 z = 2 3 = [ B I H ] [ I H J ] = B I H 450 [ B I H ] = [ B D H ] = 300 \frac{BI}{IJ} = \frac{2z}{3z} = \frac{2}{3} = \frac{[BIH]}{[IHJ]} = \frac{BIH}{450}\Rightarrow [BIH] = [BDH] = 300

F E C E = y 3 y = 1 3 = [ H F E ] [ H E C ] = 50 H E C [ H E C ] = [ H C J ] = 150 \frac{FE}{CE} = \frac{y}{3y} = \frac{1}{3} = \frac{[HFE]}{[HEC]} = \frac{50}{HEC}\Rightarrow [HEC] = [HCJ] = 150

[ A B C ] = [ A G H ] + [ A F H ] + [ B I H ] + [ B D H ] + [ H E C ] + [ H C J ] + [ D G H ] + [ H F E ] + [ H I J ] [ABC]=[AGH]+[AFH]+[BIH]+[BDH]+[HEC]+[HCJ]+[DGH]+[HFE]+[HIJ]

[ A B C ] = 100 + 100 + 300 + 300 + 150 + 150 + 200 + 50 + 450 [ABC] = 100 + 100 + 300 + 300 + 150 + 150 + 200 + 50 + 450

[ A B C ] = 1800 \huge \boxed{[ABC] = 1800}

Hey,what do you mean by A D B , A E C A - D - B , A - E - C are you subtracting them ?

Kudou Shinichi - 6 years, 3 months ago

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Its betweenness property. A D B A - D - B means point D D is between points A , B A , B

Nihar Mahajan - 6 years, 3 months ago

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Thanks dude .

Kudou Shinichi - 6 years, 3 months ago

This is quite a nice problem sir. Was fun to solve. It's great when you create a problem that feels as if it doesn't give enough info. This type of problem is usually hard to make.

Trevor Arashiro - 6 years, 3 months ago

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Thank you! FYI : Don't call me sir.

Nihar Mahajan - 6 years, 3 months ago

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Haha. Alright, noted ma'am. :P

Just kidding Nihar :3

Trevor Arashiro - 6 years, 3 months ago

I have solved many problems on similarity where there are 1 or 2 triangles in a big triangle.Then a thought came in my mind : What if we create a problem where there are 3 triangles in a big triangle? This idea accelerated the development of this problem. :)

Nihar Mahajan - 6 years, 3 months ago

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FYI there have been similar problems to this one , actually exactly similar :P

See this and this .

Have you posted a Calculus question ?

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@A Former Brilliant Member

  • Besides these 2 there is one more from some Olympiad .. which I am not able to find.

  • I haven't learnt Calculus yet.

  • Did you try my 500 followers problem ?

  • Nihar Mahajan - 6 years, 2 months ago
    Bhupendra Jangir
    Mar 22, 2015

    Simply... first.. take sum of square root of all three similar triangles area. That will be (200^1/2+50^1/2+450^1/2)=30*2^1/2(thirty root two). Now area of triangle ABC will be square of this,i.e. 1800.

    Curtis Clement
    Mar 17, 2015

    Denote the left side of the "450" triangle as 3 x {x} such that the sides of the other two triangles are 2 x {x} and x {x} . Now using parallelograms these can be summed together to form the left side of the largest triangle, which turns out to be 6 x {x} , so it is double the scale factor of the "450" triangle, so it's area is 4X larger. [ A B C ] = 1800 \therefore\ [ABC] = \boxed{1800}

    Baby Googa
    Mar 11, 2015

    All the triangles are all similar.

    Lets call the triangles with areas 50 50 , 200 200 , and 450 450 t 1 t1 , t 2 t2 , and t 3 t3 , respectively.

    The ratio of the side lengths of t 1 t1 and A B C ABC is 1 6 \frac{1}{6} , so the ratio of their areas is 1 36 \frac{1}{36} .

    So the area of A B C ABC is 1800 1800 .

    TAKE THE SQUARE ROOTS OF ALL THE THREE GIVEN AREAS SEPERATELY AND ADD THEM. FINALLY SQUARE THE RESULT AND YOU WILL GET IT.

    Ravi Mistry
    Feb 15, 2015

    Since area of similar triangles are proportional to the squares of their sides, we have , [ABC]=(√(200)+√(450)+√(50))²=1800 sq. units

    Yeah. Please like and reshare this problem.

    Nihar Mahajan - 6 years, 3 months ago

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