Let be a parallelogram and let be the intersection point of the diagonals. Prove that for any point , there exist unique points and such that is the centroid of triangle .
Nelu Chichirim
Solution
A point is uniquely determined by a real number such that , from which we get
To find the points and uniquely, we need to find such that , and is the centroid of triangle . From this, we have:
Since and are not collinear, is the centroid of triangle if and only if and , meaning that point is uniquely determined by the ratio , and point is uniquely determined by the ratio , which completes the problem.
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