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If O and O' denote respectively the circum- centre and orthocentre of ΔABC, then $\vec{OA} + \vec{OB} + \vec{OC} =$ |
$\vec{O'O}$ $\vec{OO'}$ $2\vec{OO'}$ $\vec{0}$ |
$\vec{OO'}$ |
Let G be the centroid of ΔABC. Then O', G, O are collinear and G divides O' O in the ratio 2: 1 i.e. $\frac{O'G}{OG}=\frac{2}{1}$ Replacing S by O, we have $\vec{OA} + \vec{OB} + \vec{OC} =3\vec{OG}$ $⇒\vec{OA} + \vec{OB} + \vec{OC} =2\vec{OG}+\vec{OG}$ $⇒\vec{OA} + \vec{OB} + \vec{OC} =\vec{GO}+\vec{OG}$ $[∵2OG=GO']$ $⇒\vec{OA} + \vec{OB} + \vec{OC} =\vec{OO'}$ |