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In acute A B C \triangle ABC , A B < A C AB<AC and A = 6 0 \angle A = 60^{\circ} , H H is the orthocentre, I I is the incentre and D D is the midpoint of B C BC . The line passing through D D and I I intersects the straight line through A A parallel to B C BC at P P . Suppose sin B sin C = 3 5 \sin \angle B - \sin \angle C = \dfrac{3}{5} and A H = 10 AH = 10 .What is the numerical value of A P AP ?


The answer is 6.

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1 solution

Sagnik Saha
Jan 24, 2014

We produce A P AP to meet B C BC at X X . Now A P I D I X \triangle API \sim \triangle DIX . So,

A P D X = A I I X = A C C X = A B B X = A C A B C D + D X B D + D X = A C A B 2 \dfrac{AP}{DX} = \dfrac{AI}{IX} = \dfrac{AC}{CX} = \dfrac{AB}{BX} = \dfrac{AC-AB}{CD + DX - BD + DX} = \dfrac{AC-AB}{2}

Now, we know that A C sin B = A B sin C = 2 R \dfrac{AC}{\sin\angle B} = \dfrac{AB}{\sin\angle C} = 2R , where R R = circumradius of A B C \triangle ABC

Therefore, A C = 2 R sin B AC = 2R \sin\angle B and A B = 2 R sin C AB = 2R\sin\angle C . So ,

A P = 2 R ( sin B sin C ) × 1 2 = R × ( sin B sin C ) AP = 2R(\sin\angle B - \sin\angle C) \times \frac{1}{2} = R \times (\sin\angle B - \sin\angle C)

We need to compute R R . We take O O , the circumcentre of A B C \triangle ABC and drop O D B C OD \perp BC and join I I and B B . Using cos B O D = cos 6 0 = 1 2 \cos\angle BOD = \cos 60^{\circ} = \dfrac{1}{2} and O D = 1 2 × A H = 5 OD = \frac{1}{2} \times AH = 5 , we have R = 10 R = 10

Thus A P = R × ( sin B sin C ) = 10 × 3 5 = 6 AP = R \times (\sin\angle B - \sin\angle C) = 10 \times \dfrac{3}{5} = \boxed{6}

AP & BC r parallel....is the construction proper??

Driganka Mandal - 7 years, 4 months ago

Sorry that is a typo. It will be A I AI in place of A P AP

Sagnik Saha - 7 years, 4 months ago

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