{"id":11506,"date":"2022-07-12T23:01:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/?p=11506"},"modified":"2022-07-12T23:03:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:33:10","slug":"the-perpendicular-from-a-on-side-bc-of-a-triangle-abc-intersects-bc-at-d-such-that-db-3cd-see-figure-prove-that-2ab2-2ac2-bc2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/the-perpendicular-from-a-on-side-bc-of-a-triangle-abc-intersects-bc-at-d-such-that-db-3cd-see-figure-prove-that-2ab2-2ac2-bc2\/","title":{"rendered":"The perpendicular from A on side BC of a triangle ABC intersects BC at D such that DB = 3CD (see figure). Prove that \\(2{AB}^2\\) = \\(2{AC}^2\\) + \\({BC}^2\\)"},"content":{"rendered":"
We have : DB = 3CD<\/p>\n
Now, BC = DB + CD<\/p>\n
i.e. BC = 3CD + CD\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [because BD = 3CD]<\/p>\n
BC = 4CD<\/p>\n
\\(\\therefore\\)\u00a0 \u00a0CD = \\(1\\over 4\\) BC\u00a0 and\u00a0 DB = 3CD = \\(3\\over 4\\) BC\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0……….(1)<\/p>\n
Since triangle ABD is a right triangle, right angled at D, therefore, by Pythagoras Theorem, we have :<\/p>\n
\\({AB}^2\\) = \\({AD}^2\\) + \\({DB}^2\\)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0……….(2)<\/p>\n
In triangle ACD,<\/p>\n
\\(\\angle\\) D = 90 ,\u00a0 \\({AC}^2\\) = \\({AD}^2\\) + \\({CD}^2\\)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ……..(3)<\/p>\n
Subtracting (3) from (2), we get<\/p>\n
\\({AB}^2\\) – \\({AC}^2\\) = \\({DB}^2\\) – \\({CD}^2\\)<\/p>\n
\\({AB}^2\\) – \\({AC}^2\\) = \\(({3\\over 4}BC)^2\\) – \\(({1\\over 4}BC)^2\\)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (using (1))<\/p>\n
\\({AB}^2\\) – \\({AC}^2\\) = \\(({9\\over 16} – {1\\over 16})\\)\\({BC}^2\\)<\/p>\n
\\({AB}^2\\) – \\({AC}^2\\) = \\({1\\over 2}\\)\\({BC}^2\\)<\/p>\n
\\(\\implies\\)\u00a0 \\(2{AB}^2\\) = \\(2{AC}^2\\) + \\({BC}^2\\)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Solution : We have : DB = 3CD Now, BC = DB + CD i.e. BC = 3CD + CD\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [because BD = 3CD] BC = 4CD \\(\\therefore\\)\u00a0 \u00a0CD = \\(1\\over 4\\) BC\u00a0 and\u00a0 DB = 3CD = \\(3\\over 4\\) BC\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0……….(1) Since triangle ABD is …<\/p>\n