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MiscII · Q131

Q.ABCD is a parallelogram, E, F are the mid points of BC and CD respectively. AE, AF meet the diagonal BD at Q and P respectively. Show that P and Q trisect DB.

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Let A,B,C,DA,B,C,D have position vectors aˉ,bˉ,cˉ,dˉ\bar a,\bar b,\bar c,\bar d with dˉ=aˉ+cˉ−bˉ\bar d=\bar a+\bar c-\bar b

(parallelogram condition, diagonal midpoint equality). Let EE = midpoint of BCBC: eˉ=bˉ+cˉ2\bar e=\dfrac{\bar b+\bar c}2. Let FF = midpoint of CDCD: fˉ=cˉ+dˉ2=cˉ+(aˉ+cˉ−bˉ)2=aˉ−bˉ+2cˉ2\bar f=\dfrac{\bar c+\bar d}2=\dfrac{\bar c+(\bar a+\bar c-\bar b)}2 =\dfrac{\bar a-\bar b+2\bar c}2.

Line AEAE meets diagonal BDBD at QQ: parametrise AEAE as aˉ+t(eˉ−aˉ)\bar a+t(\bar e-\bar a) and BDBD as bˉ+s(dˉ−bˉ)\bar b+s(\bar d-\bar b); equating and matching coefficients of the independent vectors aˉ−bˉ\bar a-\bar b (or working

directly in terms of aˉ,bˉ,cˉ\bar a,\bar b,\bar c) gives, after solving the resulting simultaneous equations,

s=13s=\tfrac13 -- i.e. QQ divides BDBD so that BQ:QD=1:2BQ:QD=1:2.

Line AFAF meets diagonal BDBD at PP: by the symmetric structure of the parallelogram (F plays the mirror …

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