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CHALLENGE PROBLEMS

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Challenge Problems

7.50:
The angle bisector of of passes through the
circumcenter of . Show that .

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7.51:
Let and denote the orthocenter and circumcenter of acute
triangle , respectively. meets at and meets
at . Prove that .

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7.52:
In , we have and . Find the
following:

(a) the area of .

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(b) the inradius of .

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(c) the circumradius of .

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7.53:

Let be the incenter of triangle , and let meet at


.

(a) Prove that .

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(b)★Prove that .

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7.54: Source: AHSME

In triangle , , , and . is
on and on such that is an altitude and is
a median. Find .

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7.55:
Is it possible for two angle bisectors in a triangle to be
perpendicular? Why or why not?

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7.56: Source: MATHCOUNTS

In , is a right angle. Point is the midpoint of ,


point is the midpoint of , and point is the midpoint of
. The perimeter of is 112 and . What is
the area of ?

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7.57:
For a given triangle , extend and as shown below.
We will prove that there is a circle tangent to and the
extensions of and . We start by drawing the bisectors of
two of the exterior angles of as shown with the grey
lines below.

Y
B
Ia
X

A
C Z

(a) Let be a point on the external angle bisector of angle .


Prove that is equidistant from and .

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(b) Let be a point on the external angle bisector of angle .


Prove that is equidistant from and .

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(c) Let be the intersection of the external angle bisectors of


angles and , and let , , and be the feet of the
altitudes from , to
, and . Prove that
. What does this tell us about the circle
with center and radius ? This circle is called an
excircle of ; is called an excenter, and is an
exradius. Every triangle has three excircles, one tangent to
each side of the triangle.

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(d) Prove that lies on the internal angle bisector of angle .

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(e)★Let . Prove that , where is the


semiperimeter of .

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7.58: Source: AMC 10

Points and are the midpoints of sides and of


. As moves along a line that is parallel to side ,
which of the four quantities listed below change?

(a) the length of segment .

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(b) the perimeter of .

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(c) the area of .

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(d) the area of .

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7.59: Source: (b) HMMT

Let have and . A circle with


center passes through and on side , and on
side , and and on side . Suppose
.

(a) Prove that is the incenter of .

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(b) Find .

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7.60★:
A ladder is initially resting vertically against a wall that is
perpendicular to the ground. It begins to slip and fall to the
ground, with the bottom of the ladder moving directly from the
wall, and the top of the ladder always touching the wall. What
path does the midpoint of the ladder trace? (Don’t forget to prove
that the midpoint of the ladder really does hit every point on the
path!)

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7.61: Source: Mandelbrot

Triangle has area 48. Let be A


the midpoint of median and let
N
be the midpoint of side . If is the P
intersection of and , find the
B C
area of . M
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7.62★:
In this problem we will prove that the medians of a triangle are
concurrent. Let be our triangle. Medians and
meet at point . meets at point .

(a) Show that .

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(b) Use your result from part (a) to show that .

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(c) Do the previous parts show that the medians of any triangle
are concurrent?

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7.63★:

Point is on hypotenuse of such that


. Given and , find .

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7.64★: Source: Mandelbrot

The circle at right has radius 1 and is A


circumscribed about equilateral triangle . Y
If is the midpoint of and is on arc X
B C
such that is right, then find length
.

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