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Geometry Difficulty 5.6 AIME, harder Prove it North Macedonia

Let A1B1C1A_1B_1C_1 and A2B2C2A_2B_2C_2 are given triangles. Let T1T_1 and T2T_2 are their centers of mass correspondently. Prove that 3T1T2=A1A2+B1B2+C1C23\overline{T_1T_2} = \overline{A_1A_2} + \overline{B_1B_2} + \overline{C_1C_2}.

Solution

We have A1A2=A1T1+T1A2+T2A2\overline{A_1A_2} = \overline{A_1T_1} + \overline{T_1A_2} + \overline{T_2A_2}, B1B2=B1T1+T1B2+T2B2\overline{B_1B_2} = \overline{B_1T_1} + \overline{T_1B_2} + \overline{T_2B_2}, C1C2=C1T1+T1C2+T2C2\overline{C_1C_2} = \overline{C_1T_1} + \overline{T_1C_2} + \overline{T_2C_2}. If we sum the last three equalities we obtain
A1A2+B1B2+C1C2=3T1T2+(A1T1+B1T1+C1T1)+(T2A2+T2B2+T2C2)(1) \overline{A_1A_2} + \overline{B_1B_2} + \overline{C_1C_2} = 3\overline{T_1T_2} + (\overline{A_1T_1} + \overline{B_1T_1} + \overline{C_1T_1}) + (\overline{T_2A_2} + \overline{T_2B_2} + \overline{T_2C_2}) \dots(1)
From the properties of medians and center of mass we have
A1T1=23(A1B1+12B1C1),B1T1=23(B1C1+12C1A1),C1T1=23(C1A1+12A1B1) \overline{A_1T_1} = \frac{2}{3}(\overline{A_1B_1} + \frac{1}{2}\overline{B_1C_1}), \quad \overline{B_1T_1} = \frac{2}{3}(\overline{B_1C_1} + \frac{1}{2}\overline{C_1A_1}), \quad \overline{C_1T_1} = \frac{2}{3}(\overline{C_1A_1} + \frac{1}{2}\overline{A_1B_1})
So we have
A1T1+B1T1+C1T1=23(A1B1+12B1C1)+23(B1C1+12C1A1)+23(C1A1+12A1B1)==13(A1B1+B1C1+C1A1)+13(B1C1+C1A1+A1B1)==23A1A1+13B1B1=23o+13o=o+o=o. \begin{aligned} \overline{A_1T_1} + \overline{B_1T_1} + \overline{C_1T_1} &= \frac{2}{3}(\overline{A_1B_1} + \frac{1}{2}\overline{B_1C_1}) + \frac{2}{3}(\overline{B_1C_1} + \frac{1}{2}\overline{C_1A_1}) + \frac{2}{3}(\overline{C_1A_1} + \frac{1}{2}\overline{A_1B_1}) = \\ &= \frac{1}{3}(\overline{A_1B_1} + \overline{B_1C_1} + \overline{C_1A_1}) + \frac{1}{3}(\overline{B_1C_1} + \overline{C_1A_1} + \overline{A_1B_1}) = \\ &= \frac{2}{3}\overline{A_1A_1} + \frac{1}{3}\overline{B_1B_1} = \frac{2}{3}\overline{o} + \frac{1}{3}\overline{o} = \overline{o} + \overline{\overline{o}} = \overline{\overline{o}}. \end{aligned}
Similarly we have A2T2+B2T2+C2T2=o\overline{A_2T_2} + \overline{B_2T_2} + \overline{C_2T_2} = \overline{o} from where we have that T2A2+T2B2+T2C2=o\overline{T_2A_2} + \overline{T_2B_2} + \overline{T_2C_2} = \overline{o}. Finally if we substitute in (1) we get
A1A2+B1B2+C1C2=3T1T2+o+o=3T1T2. \overline{A_1A_2} + \overline{B_1B_2} + \overline{C_1C_2} = 3\overline{T_1T_2} + \overline{o} + \overline{\overline{o}} = 3\overline{T_1T_2}.

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