• WELCOME
  • parkrun STATS
  • PUZZLE of the WEEK
  • SOLUTIONS
  • PUZZLE BOOKS
  • STUFF
Menu

elliottline.com

Street Address
City, State, Zip
Phone Number

Your Custom Text Here

elliottline.com

  • WELCOME
  • parkrun STATS
  • PUZZLE of the WEEK
  • SOLUTIONS
  • PUZZLE BOOKS
  • STUFF

Solution of the Week #359 - Isolsceles Nine-Point Triangle

April 4, 2022 Elliott Line

The angle at the apex will be 45 degrees.

I alluded to the existence of a second possible solution. An interesting fact is that if you consider the orthocentre of any triangle along with the three vertices, you can in fact choose any three of those four points to form a triangle, and the resulting nine point circle will be the same, with the nine points in all the same places (although midpoints might become ‘halfway to orthocentre’ points and vice versa). So this means there are four possible triangles with the exact same set of eight points as above. However, since we are specifically asked for an isosceles triangle, there is only one additional triangle which fits the bill, ie the triangle formed by the two lower points of the above triangle, along with what was the orthocentre. This has an apex angle of 135 degrees.

← Solution of the Week #360 - Isosceles Nine-Point Circle part 2Solution of the Week #358 - Power Dates →
Summary Block
This block is invalid. Please check the block settings and try again.
Featured
Aenean eu leo Quam
Aenean eu leo Quam

Quisque iaculis facilisis lacinia. Mauris euismod pellentesque tellus sit amet mollis.

Read more →

Powered by Squarespace