Parallelogram and Four Equilateral Triangles
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Problem
$ABCD$ a parallelogram, $ABE,$ $CDF,$ and $DGA$ are similarly oriented equilateral triangles; $H$ is the center of $\Delta ABE,$ $I$ that of $\Delta CDF.$
Prove that $\Delta GHI$ is equilateral.
Solution
Consider triangles $GAH$ and $GDI.$
Certainly, $GA=GD$ and $AH=DI.$ Also, let $\angle ABC=\alpha.$ Then
$\begin{align} \angle GAH &=360^{\circ}-(180^{\circ}-\alpha)-60^{\circ}-30^{\circ}=90^{\circ}+\alpha,\\ \angle GDI &=\alpha +60^{\circ}+30^{\circ}=90^{\circ}+\alpha. \end{align}$
So that the two angles, and, therefore, the two triangles are equal. In particular, $\angle AGH=\angle DGI,$ implying
$\angle HGI = \angle AGD +\angle AGH -\angle DGI=\angle AGD=60^{\circ}.$
Since $GH=GI,$ $\Delta GHI$ is isosceles with the apex angle of $60^{\circ},$ so it in fact is equilateral.
Acknowledgment
The problem has been posted by Dao Thanh Oai (Vietnam) at the Short Mathematical Idea facebook page in the name of Miguel Ochoa Sanchez (Peru).
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