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Let ABCD be a parallelogram. Let M be the midpoint of line AB and N be the midpoint of line AD. Diagonal BD intersects line CM and line CN at P and Q, respectively. Find PQ/BD.

 

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 Jan 3, 2017

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With GeoGebra  .....

 

[ and the "Snipping Tool"  ]

 

 

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 Jan 4, 2017
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<CBD = <MBQ

<DQC  =<MQB

 

thus ΔDQC  ~ ΔBQM

 

And since DC = 2MB.....by similarity  DQ  = 2BQ

 

And

<CBD = <PDN

<BPC  =<NPD

 

thus ΔBPC  ~ ΔDPN

 

And since BC = 2DN.....by similarity  BP  = 2PD

 

So

 

BD  = DQ  + BQ                BD = BP  + PD

BD = 2BQ  + BQ               BD = 2PD + PD

BD  = 3BQ                        BD = 3PD

 

therefore

 

BQ  = PD

 

And

Since DQ  = 2BQ  then  DQ  = 2PD ..... and......

PD + PQ = 2PD   subtract PD from each side

PQ  = PD ...... so.....BQ = PD  = PQ

 

BD = PD + PQ + BQ

BD  = PQ  + PQ  + PQ

BD  = 3PQ

 

So

 

PQ / BD  = 1/3

 

Here's a pic :

 

 

 

 

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 Jan 4, 2017
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Thanks CPhill!!! How did you make the graph

arnolde1234  Jan 4, 2017
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With GeoGebra  .....

 

[ and the "Snipping Tool"  ]

 

 

cool cool cool

CPhill Jan 4, 2017

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