GeometryDifficulty 7.6National olympiad, round 2Prove it
Proposition 8 Let P be any point inside (including the boundary) △ABC, draw perpendiculars from P to the three sides BC, CA, AB, with the feet of the perpendiculars being A′, B′, C′, respectively. Connect A′, B′, C′ to form △A′B′C′. If the areas of △ABC and △A′B′C′ are denoted by Δ and Δ′, respectively, then Δ′⩽41Δ
Equality holds in (9) if and only if point P is the circumcenter of △ABC.
Solution
Let BC=a, CA=b, AB=c, PA′=λ, PB′=u, PC′=v. In the theorem, let x′=−a2+b2+c2y′=a2−b2+c2z′=a2+b2−c2x=aλ,y=bu,z=cv
Then the left side of equation (1′) is 2(y′+z′)x+2(z′+x′)y+2(x′+y′)z=λa+ub+vc=2Δ
At this time, the right side of equation (1) is y′z′+z′x′+x′y′⋅yz+zx+xy=4Δ⋅bcuv+cavλ+abλu=4Δ⋅Δ21uvsinA+Δ21vλsinB+Δ21λusinC Note that 21uvsinA=21uvsin∠C′PB′=SΔB′C′P, etc. The above expression=4Δ⋅ΔΔ′=4ΔΔ′
Therefore, we have 2ΔΔ′⩾4ΔΔ′⩽41Δ
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