Y by Adventure10, Mango247
Let
be the centre of the inscribed circle of a triangle
Prove that for any point 
![\[ a(PA)^2 + b(PB)^2 + c(PC)^2 = a(QA)^2 + b(QB)^2 + c(QC)^2 + (a + b + c)(QP)^2,
\]](//latex.artofproblemsolving.com/9/6/d/96d4477be766d9d70c2affa807f7bf316eed76b3.png)
where
and 



![\[ a(PA)^2 + b(PB)^2 + c(PC)^2 = a(QA)^2 + b(QB)^2 + c(QC)^2 + (a + b + c)(QP)^2,
\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/9/6/d/96d4477be766d9d70c2affa807f7bf316eed76b3.png)
where


This post has been edited 1 time. Last edited by orl, Sep 12, 2008, 11:58 PM
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