Disentangling A Triangle - Jerzy Kocik and Andrzej Solecki
Disentangling A Triangle - Jerzy Kocik and Andrzej Solecki
Disentangling A Triangle - Jerzy Kocik and Andrzej Solecki
iv. The power of H in the circumcircle of 4ABC (product of any two parts of a
chord passing through the point) is 2 cos α cos β cos γ.
[Hint: Take the product of length of the ear and the sum lengths of the stalk
and the root.]
vi. The circle inscribed in the orthic triangle has radius cos A cos B cos C and
center H.
[Hint: By Proposition 8 (iii), H is the center of the incircle of 4AF BF CF .
Thus the distance from H to the side AF CF is the root of the altitude from
B in the triangle AF BCF , so it is cos α cos γ scaled by the factor cos β, see
Figure 10.]
vii. Orthocenters of 4ACF BF , 4BAF CF and 4CBF AF lie on sides of the circum-
orthic triangle.
[Hint: The distance between H and AF BF is the same as between the par-
allel sides AF BF and ĀB̄. It is the length of root of the altitude from C in
4AF BF C. ]
[Hint: Divide the triangular inequality sin α + sin β > sin γ by the product of
the sines.]
[Hint: Use the relation r(sin α+sin β +sin γ) = sin α sin β sin γ .]
xii. The centers of circumcircles of 4ABH, 4BCH, 4CAH form the triangle
OAB OBC OCA congruent to the triangle ABC and they are interchanged by
the half-turn around N .
[Hint: The distance from O to the side AB is 21 |HC|, see the proof of Propo-
sition 12. Thus, the reflection of O in AB yields OAB such that OOAB kHC
and |OOAB | = |HC|; in the new triangle O becomes the orthocenter.]