The sides of the triangle are consecutive terms in the arithmetic progression. Prove that the line connecting the centroid and the center of the incircle is parallel to the side of the triangle with middle length.
Solution
Let be a triangle with sides , and . Let be the center of the incircle and be the centroid, and be the feet of the side , respectively. Let , and the area of triangle be . Since , we have . Now , i.e. .
Quadrilateral is a parallelogram from where we get , i.e. .
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