Δ A B C ,
In(1) D E ∣ ∣ B C such that A − D − B , A − E − C
(2) J G ∣ ∣ C A such that B − J − C , B − G − A
(3) F I ∣ ∣ A B such that C − F − A , C − I − B
D E , I F , G J are concurrent at H
Given that [ G D H ] = 2 0 0 , [ F H E ] = 5 0 , [ H I J ] = 4 5 0 ,
Find [ A B C ]
D e t a i l s :
( i ) : [ A B C ] represents area of Δ A B C
( i i i ) : A − D − B represents the betweeness property which means D is between A , B
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Hey,what do you mean by A − D − B , A − E − C are you subtracting them ?
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Its betweenness property. A − D − B means point D is between points A , B
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.
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Thank you! FYI : Don't call me sir.
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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. :)
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FYI there have been similar problems to this one , actually exactly similar :P
Have you posted a Calculus question ?
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I haven't learnt Calculus yet.
Did you try my 500 followers problem ?
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.
Denote the left side of the "450" triangle as 3 x such that the sides of the other two triangles are 2 x and 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 , so it is double the scale factor of the "450" triangle, so it's area is 4X larger. ∴ [ A B C ] = 1 8 0 0
All the triangles are all similar.
Lets call the triangles with areas 5 0 , 2 0 0 , and 4 5 0 t 1 , t 2 , and t 3 , respectively.
The ratio of the side lengths of t 1 and A B C is 6 1 , so the ratio of their areas is 3 6 1 .
So the area of A B C is 1 8 0 0 .
TAKE THE SQUARE ROOTS OF ALL THE THREE GIVEN AREAS SEPERATELY AND ADD THEM. FINALLY SQUARE THE RESULT AND YOU WILL GET IT.
Since area of similar triangles are proportional to the squares of their sides, we have , [ABC]=(√(200)+√(450)+√(50))²=1800 sq. units
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We can easily figure out that ,
Δ G D H ∼ Δ F H E ⇒ F H G D = F E G H = H E D H = [ F H E ] [ G D H ] = 5 0 2 0 0 = 1 2
Δ G D H ∼ Δ H I J ⇒ H I G D = I J D H = H J G H = [ H I J ] [ G D H ] = 4 5 0 2 0 0 = 3 2
Δ H I J ∼ Δ F H E ⇒ F H H I = H E I J = F E H J = [ F H E ] [ H I J ] = 5 0 4 5 0 = 1 3
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
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
G D A G = 2 x x = 2 1 = [ G H D ] [ A G H ] = 2 0 0 A G H ⇒ [ A G H ] = [ A F H ] = 1 0 0
I J B I = 3 z 2 z = 3 2 = [ I H J ] [ B I H ] = 4 5 0 B I H ⇒ [ B I H ] = [ B D H ] = 3 0 0
C E F E = 3 y y = 3 1 = [ H E C ] [ H F E ] = H E C 5 0 ⇒ [ H E C ] = [ H C J ] = 1 5 0
[ 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 ]
[ A B C ] = 1 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 3 0 0 + 3 0 0 + 1 5 0 + 1 5 0 + 2 0 0 + 5 0 + 4 5 0
[ A B C ] = 1 8 0 0