Let Γ be the circumcircle of triangle ABC. Let A′ be the mid-point of arc BC of the circle Γ opposite to A, B′ be the mid-point of arc CA opposite to B and C′ be the mid-point of arc AB opposite to C. If the area of the triangle AB′C′, A′BC′, A′B′C′ is 2, 3, 4, respectively, what is the area of triangle ABC?
Solution
35288 For a polygon P, let us denote by S(P) its area. Let I be the incenter of the circle Γ. Since AI is the bisector of the angle ∠CAB, I lies on the line segment AA′. Similarly, I lies on the line segments BB′ and CC′. By using the theorem on angles at a point on the circumference of a circle subtended by arcs of the circle, we have ∠C′B′A=∠C′CA=∠C′CB=∠C′B′B=∠C′B′I. Similarly, we obtain ∠B′C′A=∠B′C′I. We then see that the triangles AB′C′ and IB′C′ are congruent. For the same reason, we have that the triangles A′BC′ and A′IC′ are congruent and so are the triangles A′B′C and A′B′I. From these facts we obtain that S(IB′C′)=2, S(IC′A′)=3 and S(IA′B′)=4, from which it follows that AI:IA′=S(AC′IB′):S(A′C′IB′)=(2+2):(3+4)=4:7. Similarly, we obtain BI:IB′=(3+3):(4+2)=1:1 CI:IC′=(4+4):(2+3)=8:5. Utilizing these, we obtain S(BIC)=S(B′IC′)⋅IB′BI⋅IC′CI=2⋅11⋅58=516 S(CIA)=S(C′IA′)⋅IC′CI⋅IA′AI=3⋅58⋅74=3596 S(AIB)=S(A′IB′)⋅IA′AI⋅IB′BI=4⋅74⋅11=716 Therefore, the answer we seek is 516+3596+716=35288.
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