Four points (in that order) lie on the circumference of a circle with radius 1. Points that are defined to be the centroids of triangles respectively, are always concyclic.
What is the radius of their common circle, to 3 decimal places?
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Let c 0 = 3 1 ( A + B + C + D ) , then the centroids are given by,
c 1 = c 0 − 3 1 D
c 2 = c 0 − 3 1 A
c 3 = c 0 − 3 1 B
c 4 = c 0 − 3 1 C
From which, we can write,
( c i − c 0 ) = − 3 1 . v i for i = 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , where v i = D , B , A , C
Thus,
( c i − c 0 ) T ( c i − c 0 ) = 9 1 . v i T v i = 9 1
Because v i T v i = 1 , since A , B , C , and D lie on the unit circle. Thus the c i 's lie on a circle with center c 0 and radius 3 1 , making the answer 0 . 3 3 3 3 .