A Relation between the Areas of Four Triangles
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Let ABC be a triangle. Let DEF be parallel to AC with D on AB and E on BC. Let FGH be parallel to AB with G on BC and H on AC. Then , with the plus sign when F is outside of ABC and minus when F is inside.
Contributed by: Jay Warendorff (March 2011)
After work by: Antonio Gutierrez
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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The statement of the theorem is in Problem 97. Similar Triangles, Areas.
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Published: March 7 2011