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bitrak
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Jul-18-05, 05:02 PM (EST)
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"Circumscribed quadrilateral"
 
   A quadrilateral ABCD is circumscribed about a circle and P,Q,R,S are the points of tangency of sides AB,BC,CD,DA respectively.Let a=AB, b=BC, c=CD, d=AD and p=QS, q=PR. Show that
ac/(p^2)=bd/(q^2)


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iliaden
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Aug-19-05, 00:14 AM (EST)
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1. "RE: Circumscribed quadrilateral"
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   I do not understand where your problem is.

>A quadrilateral ABCD is circumscribed about a circle and
>P,Q,R,S are the points of tangency of sides AB,BC,CD,DA
>respectively.Let a=AB, b=BC, c=CD, d=AD and p=QS, q=PR. Show
>that ac/(p^2)=bd/(q^2)

If you make a simple drawing, you can be sure that: { a=c=p } and that { b=d=q }.

Therefore, it is true for any number a*a/a^2 = 1 .

Using this, you can be sure that each side of the equasion is equal to 1. And, of course, we all know that 1=1.


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