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Let <math>[RST]</math> be the area of polygon <math>RST</math>. We'll make use of the following fact: if <math>P</math> is a point in the interior of triangle <math>XYZ</math>, and line <math>XP</math> intersects line <math>YZ</math> at point <math>L</math>, then <math>\dfrac{XP}{PL} = \frac{[XPY] + [ZPX]}{[YPZ]}.</math> | Let <math>[RST]</math> be the area of polygon <math>RST</math>. We'll make use of the following fact: if <math>P</math> is a point in the interior of triangle <math>XYZ</math>, and line <math>XP</math> intersects line <math>YZ</math> at point <math>L</math>, then <math>\dfrac{XP}{PL} = \frac{[XPY] + [ZPX]}{[YPZ]}.</math> |
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Contents
Problem
Point is inside
. Line segments
,
, and
are drawn with
on
,
on
, and
on
(see the figure below). Given that
,
,
,
, and
, find the area of
.
Solutions
Solution 1
Let be the area of polygon
. We'll make use of the following fact: if
is a point in the interior of triangle
, and line
intersects line
at point
, then
![[asy] size(170); pair X = (1,2), Y = (0,0), Z = (3,0); real x = 0.4, y = 0.2, z = 1-x-y; pair P = x*X + y*Y + z*Z; pair L = y/(y+z)*Y + z/(y+z)*Z; draw(X--Y--Z--cycle); draw(X--P); draw(P--L, dotted); draw(Y--P--Z); label("$X$", X, N); label("$Y$", Y, S); label("$Z$", Z, S); label("$P$", P, NE); label("$L$", L, S);[/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/3/c/9/3c978a1fdb0a6c3a79b9ee477956a440b734f13b.png)
This is true because triangles and
have their areas in ratio
(as they share a common height from
), and the same is true of triangles
and
.
We'll also use the related fact that . This is slightly more well known, as it is used in the standard proof of Ceva's theorem.
Now we'll apply these results to the problem at hand.
![[asy] size(170); pair C = (1, 3), A = (0,0), B = (1.7,0); real a = 0.5, b= 0.25, c = 0.25; pair P = a*A + b*B + c*C; pair D = b/(b+c)*B + c/(b+c)*C; pair EE = c/(c+a)*C + a/(c+a)*A; pair F = a/(a+b)*A + b/(a+b)*B; draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--P); draw(B--P--C); draw(P--D, dotted); draw(EE--P--F, dotted); label("$A$", A, S); label("$B$", B, S); label("$C$", C, N); label("$D$", D, NE); label("$E$", EE, NW); label("$F$", F, S); label("$P$", P, E); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/7/c/9/7c9e14d181ecf013675ff1bfbe1aee4cc51d0c7e.png)
Since , this means that
; thus
has half the area of
. And since
, we can conclude that
has one third of the combined areas of triangle
and
, and thus
of the area of
. This means that
is left with
of the area of triangle
:
Since
, and since
, this means that
is the midpoint of
.
Furthermore, we know that , so
.
We now apply Stewart's theorem to segment in
—or rather, the simplified version for a median. This tells us that
Plugging in we know, we learn that
Happily,
is also equal to 117. Therefore
is a right triangle with a right angle at
; its area is thus
. As
is a median of
, the area of
is twice this, or 54. And we already know that
has half the area of
, which must therefore be 108.
Solution 2
Because we're given three concurrent cevians and their lengths, it seems very tempting to apply Mass points. We immediately see that ,
, and
. Now, we recall that the masses on the three sides of the triangle must be balanced out, so
and
. Thus,
and
.
Recalling that , we see that
and
is a median to
in
. Applying Stewart's Theorem,
, and
. Now notice that
, because both triangles share the same base and the
. Applying Heron's formula on triangle
with sides
,
, and
,
and
.
Solution 3
Using a different form of Ceva's Theorem, we have
Solving and
, we obtain
and
.
Let be the point on
such that
.
Since
and
,
. (Stewart's Theorem)
Also, since and
, we see that
,
, etc. (Stewart's Theorem)
Similarly, we have
(
) and thus
.
is a
right triangle, so
(
) is
.
Therefore, the area of
.
Using area ratio,
.
Solution 4
Because the length of cevian is unknown, we can examine what happens when we extend it or decrease its length and see that it simply changes the angles between the cevians. Wouldn't it be great if it the length of
was such that
? Let's first assume it's a right angle and hope that everything works out.
Extend to
so that
. The result is that
,
, and
because
. Now we see that if we are able to show that
, that is
, then our right angle assumption will be true.
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem on to get
, so
and
. Now, we apply the Law of Cosines on triangles
and
.
Let . Notice that
and
, so we get two nice equations.
Solving, (yay!).
Now, the area is easy to find. .
[however, I think this solution is wrong, the A, B, and Cs do not match with the picture]
Solution 5
First, let and
Thus, we can easily find that
Now,
In the same manner, we find that
Now, we can find that
We can now use this to find that
Plugging this value in, we find that
Now, since
we can find that
Setting
we can apply Stewart's Theorem on triangle
to find that
Solving, we find that
But,
meaning that
Since
we conclude that the answer is
.
Solution 5(Mass of a point+ Stewart+heron)
Firstly, since they all meet at one single point, denoting the mass of them separately. Assuming ; we can get that
; which leads to the ratio between segments,
. Denoting that
Now we know three cevians' length, Applying Stewart theorem to them, getting three different equations:
After solving the system of equation, we get that ;
pulling back to get the length of
; now we can apply Heron's formula here, which is
Our answer is
~bluesoul
See also
1989 AIME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 14 |
Followed by Final Question | |
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