Given a scalene triangle with , show that the line joining the incenter and the centroid of the triangle is parallel to .
, 2011
Solution
Adopting the usual notation, , hence . The area of the triangle is , where is the altitude from onto . Therefore , and so the incenter is a third of the way to the vertex. The centroid is also a third of the way to the vertex; therefore the line joining the incenter and centroid is parallel to .
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