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The Excentral Triangle and a Related Hexagon
Let ABC be a triangle with excenters A', B', and C' opposite A, B, and C, respectively. Let A'', B'', and C'' be the circumcenters of A'BC, B'CA, and C'AB, respectively. Let
be the area of A'B'C' and
be the area of the hexagon AB''CA''BC''. Then
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Contributed by:
Jay Warendorff
After work by:
Mehmet Sahin
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See problem J95 in "Problem Column,"
Mathematical Reflections
[online], 4, 2008 p. 1.
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Published: August 15, 2008
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