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$\vartriangle ABC$ is a triangle and $I_b. I_c$ its excenters opposite to $B,C$. Prove that $\vartriangle ABC$ is right at $A$ if and only if its area is equal to $\frac12 AI_b \cdot AI_c$.
Let $a, b, c$ be the side lengths and $P$ be area of a triangle, respectively. Prove that \[(a^2+b^2+c^2-4\sqrt 3 P) (a^2+b^2+c^2) \geq 2 \left(a^2(b - c)^2 + b^2(c - a)^2 + c^2(a - b)^2\right).\]
Given a plane $P$ in space. For a figure $A$, call orthogonal projection the whole of points of intersection between the perpendicular drawn from each point in $A$ and $P$. Answer the following questions. (1) Let a plane $Q$ intersects with the plane $P$ by angle $\theta\ \left(0<\theta <\frac{\pi}{2}\right)$ between the planes, that is to say, the angles between two lines, is $\theta$, which can be generated by cuttng $P,\ Q$ by a plane which is perpendicular to the line of intersection of $P$ and $Q$. Find the maximum and minimum length of the orthogonal projection of the line segment in length 1 on $Q$ on to $P$.. (2) Consider $Q$ in (1). Find the area of the orthogonal projection of a equilateral triangle on $Q$ with side length 1 onto $P$. (3) What's the shape of the orthogonal projection $T'$ of a regular tetrahedron $T$ with side length 1 on to $P'$, then find the max area of $T'$.
$A_0B_0C_0$ and $A_1B_1C_1$ are acute-angled triangles. Describe, and prove, how to construct the triangle $ABC$ with the largest possible area which is circumscribed about $A_0B_0C_0$ (so $BC$ contains $B_0, CA$ contains $B_0$, and $AB$ contains $C_0$) and similar to $A_1B_1C_1.$
In $\triangle ABC$, $AC = BC$, and point $D$ is on $\overline{BC}$ so that $CD = 3 \cdot BD$. Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{AD}$. Given that $CE = \sqrt{7}$ and $BE = 3$, the area of $\triangle ABC$ can be expressed in the form $m\sqrt{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers and $n$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $m+n$.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with incenter $I$. Let $M_b$ and $M_a$ be the midpoints of $AC$ and $BC$, respectively. Let $B'$ be the point of intersection of lines $M_bI$ and $BC$, and let $A'$ be the point of intersection of lines $M_aI$ and $AC$. If triangles $ABC$ and $A'B'C$ have the same area, what are the possible values of $\angle ACB$?
A circle passes through the vertices of a triangle with side-lengths of $7\tfrac{1}{2},10,12\tfrac{1}{2}$. The radius of the circle is: $\textbf{(A)}\ \dfrac{15}{4} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \dfrac{25}{4} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \dfrac{35}{4} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \dfrac{15\sqrt2}{2} $
The lines $t$ and $ t'$, tangent to the parabola $y = x^2$ at points $A$ and $B$ respectively, intersect at point $C$. The median of triangle $ABC$ from $C$ has length $m$. Find the area of $\triangle ABC$ in terms of $m$.
In the rectangle $ABCD, M, N, P$ and $Q$ are the midpoints of the sides. If the area of the shaded triangle is $1$, calculate the area of the rectangle $ABCD$. [img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9iyKT7WP5fc/XNYuXirLXSI/AAAAAAAAKK4/10nQuSAYypoFBWGS0cZ5j4vn_hkYr8rcwCK4BGAYYCw/s400/may3.gif[/img]
In a triangle $ABC$ with a right angle at $A$, $H$ is the foot of the altitude from $A$. Prove that the sum of the inradii of the triangles $ABC$, $ABH$, and $AHC$ is equal to $AH$.
Given $7$ points inside or on a regular hexagon, show that three of them form a triangle with area $\le 1/6$ the area of the hexagon.
Let $ABC$ a right isosceles triangle with hypotenuse $AB=\sqrt2$ . Determine the positions of the points $X,Y,Z$ on the sides $BC,CA,AB$ respectively so that the triangle $XYZ$ is isosceles, right, and with minimum area.
Let $T = (a,b,c)$ be a triangle with sides $a,b$ and $c$ and area $\triangle$. Denote by $T' = (a',b',c')$ the triangle whose sides are the altitudes of $T$ (i.e., $a' = h_a, b' = h_b, c' = h_c$) and denote its area by $\triangle '$. Similarly, let $T'' = (a'',b'',c'')$ be the triangle formed from the altitudes of $T'$, and denote its area by $\triangle ''$. Given that $\triangle ' = 30$ and $\triangle '' = 20$, find $\triangle$.
Let $S$ be area of the given parallelogram $ABCD$ and the points $E,F$ belong to $BC$ and $AD$, respectively, such that $BC = 3BE, 3AD = 4AF$. Let $O$ be the intersection of $AE$ and $BF$. Each straightline of $AE$ and $BF$ meets that of $CD$ at points $M$ and $N$, respectively. Determine area of triangle $MON$.
Circles with radii $1, 2$, and $3$ are mutually externally tangent. What is the area of the triangle determined by the points of tangency? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{3}{5} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{4}{5} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{6}{5} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{4}{3} $
Let $V_n=\sqrt{F_n^2+F_{n+2}^2}$, where $F_n$ is the Fibonacci sequence ($F_1=F_2=1,F_{n+2}=F_{n+1}+F_{n}$) Show that $V_n,V_{n+1},V_{n+2}$ are the sides of a triangle with area $1/2$
Find the smallest real number $x$ for which exist two non-congruent triangles, whose sides have integer lengths and the numerical value of the area of each triangle is $x$.
Given a regular triangle $ABC$, whose area is $1$, and the point $P$ on its circumscribed circle. Lines $AP, BP, CP$ intersect, respectively, lines $BC, CA, AB$ at points $A', B', C'$. Find the area of the triangle $A'B'C'$.
On the sides $AB, BC, CA$ of triangle $ABC$, points $C', A', B'$ are taken. Prove that for the areas of the corresponding triangles, the inequality holds: $$S_{ABC}S^2_{A'B'C'}\ge 4S_{AB'C'}S_{BC'A'}S_{CA'B'}$$ and equality is achieved if and only if the lines $AA', BB', CC'$ intersect at one point.
In a convex quadrilateral (in the plane) with the area of $32 \text{ cm}^{2}$ the sum of two opposite sides and a diagonal is $16 \text{ cm}$. Determine all the possible values that the other diagonal can have.
A triangle has sides of length $\sqrt{13}$, $\sqrt{17}$, and $2 \sqrt{5}$. Compute the area of the triangle.
Two externally tangent circles with different radii are given. Their common tangents form a triangle. Find the area of this triangle in terms of the radii of the two circles.
Prove that a triangle with angles $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$, circumradius $R$, and area $A$ satisfies \[\tan \frac{ \alpha}{2}+\tan \frac{ \beta}{2}+\tan \frac{ \gamma}{2} \leq \frac{9R^2}{4A}.\] [hide="Remark."]Remark. Can we determine [i]all[/i] of equality cases ?[/hide]
The $ABC$ triangle is given, point $I_a$ is the center of an exscribed circle touching the side $BC$ , the point $M$ is the midpoint of the side $BC$, the point $W$ is the intersection point of the bisector of the angle $A$ of the triangle $ABC$ with the circumscribed circle around him. Prove that the area of the triangle $I_aBC$ is calculated by the formula $S_{ (I_aBC)} = MW \cdot p$, where $p$ is the semiperimeter of the triangle $ABC$. (Mykola Moroz)
$ABC$ is a triangle with $\angle A = 90^o$. Take $E$ such that the triangle $AEC$ is outside $ABC$ and $AE = CE$ and $\angle AEC = 90^o$. Similarly, take $D$ so that $ADB$ is outside $ABC$ and similar to $AEC$. $O$ is the midpoint of $BC$. Let the lines $OD$ and $EC$ meet at $D'$, and the lines $OE$ and $BD$ meet at $E'$. Find area $DED'E'$ in terms of the sides of $ABC$.