Circle of centroids

Geometry Level 3

Four points A , B , C , D A, B, C, D (in that order) lie on the circumference of a circle with radius 1. Points P , Q , R , S P, Q, R, S that are defined to be the centroids of triangles A B C , B C D , C D A , D A B , ABC, BCD, CDA, DAB, respectively, are always concyclic.

What is the radius of their common circle, to 3 decimal places?


The answer is 0.333.

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1 solution

Hosam Hajjir
Sep 18, 2017

Let c 0 = 1 3 ( A + B + C + D ) c_0 = \dfrac{1}{3} (A + B + C + D) , then the centroids are given by,

c 1 = c 0 1 3 D c_1 = c_0 - \dfrac{1}{3} D

c 2 = c 0 1 3 A c_2 = c_0 - \dfrac{1}{3} A

c 3 = c 0 1 3 B c_3 = c_0 - \dfrac{1}{3} B

c 4 = c 0 1 3 C c_4 = c_0 - \dfrac{1}{3} C

From which, we can write,

( c i c 0 ) = 1 3 . v i (c_i - c_0) = -\dfrac{1}{3} . v_i for i = 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 i = 1,2,3,4 , where v i = D , B , A , C v_i = D, B, A, C

Thus,

( c i c 0 ) T ( c i c 0 ) = 1 9 . v i T v i = 1 9 (c_i - c_0)^T (c_i - c_0) = \dfrac{1}{9} . {v_i}^T v_i = \dfrac{1}{9}

Because v i T v i = 1 {v_i}^T v_i = 1 , since A , B , C , A, B, C, and D D lie on the unit circle. Thus the c i c_i 's lie on a circle with center c 0 c_0 and radius 1 3 \dfrac{1}{3} , making the answer 0.3333 \boxed{0.3333} .

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