A point is located in the interior of a triangle . If
what is the value of the area of the triangle ?
Here by we represent the length of the line segment .
A point is located in the interior of a triangle . If
what is the value of the area of the triangle ?
Here by we represent the length of the line segment .
Take a point in the opposite side from the point with respect to the line so as to make the triangles and similar. The similarity ratio of the triangle to the triangle is given by , and so we obtain , . Also, from we get
which, together with the fact that , yield and .
From these facts, we deduce that , and this in turn implies that . Consequently, we get , and the area of the triangle is given by