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Geometry Difficulty 4.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer China

Let OO be an interior point of ABC\triangle ABC such that OA+2OB+3OC=0\overrightarrow{OA} + 2 \overrightarrow{OB} + 3 \overrightarrow{OC} = 0. Then the ratio of the area of ABC\triangle ABC to the area of AOC\triangle AOC is:

Pick one

Solution

In the diagram, let DD and EE be the midpoints of the sides ACAC and BCBC, respectively. Then we have
OA+OC=2OD,(1) \overrightarrow{OA} + \overrightarrow{OC} = 2 \overrightarrow{OD}, \qquad (1)
and
2(OB+OC)=4OE.(2) 2(\overrightarrow{OB} + \overrightarrow{OC}) = 4 \overrightarrow{OE}. \qquad (2)
By equations (1) and (2) we get
OA+2OB+3OC=2(OD+2OE)=0. \overrightarrow{OA} + 2\overrightarrow{OB} + 3\overrightarrow{OC} = 2(\overrightarrow{OD} + 2\overrightarrow{OE}) = 0.
It follows that OD\overrightarrow{OD} and OE\overrightarrow{OE} are collinear, and
OD=2OE|\overrightarrow{OD}| = 2 |\overrightarrow{OE}|. Consequently, SAECSAOC=32\frac{S_{\triangle AEC}}{S_{\triangle AOC}} = \frac{3}{2}
and SABCSAOC=3×22=3\frac{S_{\triangle ABC}}{S_{\triangle AOC}} = \frac{3 \times 2}{2} = 3. Answer: C.

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