The incenter of the triangle is The midpoint of is and that of is The lines and meet at the lines and at If the areas of the triangles and are equal, what is the measure of angle
Problem 1719
Official solution
To find the measure of angle in triangle given the conditions about the incenter and the midpoints, follow these steps:
Given:
- is the incenter of triangle .
- and are the midpoints of and , respectively.
- intersects at .
- intersects at .
- The area of triangle is equal to the area of triangle .
### Analysis
1. Centroid Property: For median intersecting points of triangles to maintain equal area property, being equal in area to implies reflective symmetry or a special angle configuration.
2. Equal Area Condition:
Since the area of is equal to , this condition largely depends on the special properties of angles or symmetries involving the incenter and equal areas.
3. Determine Configuration:
We need to analyze if a special angle or type of triangle would simplify this configuration. If the triangle is equilateral, given it has special symmetry properties, midpoints and intersecting lines describe equal distance and alignment features that could fulfill the condition.
4. Assumption of Equilateral Triangle:
Assume is equilateral with each angle :
- Here, the incenter coincides with the centroid and orthocenter.
- The lines and , intersecting at points on sides and , will ensure that such equal area property holds due to symmetry and uniform distance/angle division.
5. Verification:
Most critical angles like in an equilateral triangle are .
The condition comparing the area of triangles and satisfies due to symmetrical bisection of sides by midpoints and equal division through incenter alignment.
Thus, through analysis with considerations of triangle properties, the measure of in is: