Practicing Success
Consider ΔABC and $Δ\, A_1\, B_1\, C_1$ in such a way that $\vec{AB} = \vec{A_1B_1}$ and $M, N, M_1, N_1$ be the mid-points of $AB, BC, A_1B_1$ and $B_1C_1$ respectively. Then, |
$\vec{MM_1}=\vec{NN_1}$ $\vec{CC_1}=\vec{MM_1}$ $\vec{CC_1}=\vec{NN_1}$ $\vec{MM_1}=\vec{BB_1}$ |
$\vec{MM_1}=\vec{BB_1}$ |
We have, $\vec{AB} = \vec{A_1B_1}$ $⇒\vec b- \vec a = \vec{b_1}-\vec{a_1}$ $⇒\vec b- \vec{b_1}=\vec a -\vec{a_1}⇒\vec{B_1B}=\vec{A_1A}⇒\vec{AA_1}=\vec{BB_1}$ Now, $\vec{NN_1}=\frac{\vec{b_1}+\vec{c_1}}{2}-\frac{\vec{b}+\vec{c}}{2}=\frac{\vec{b_1}+\vec{c_1}-\vec{b}-\vec{c}}{2}$ $⇒2\vec{NN_1}=\vec{BB_1}+\vec{CC_1}$ and, $\vec{MM_1}=\frac{\vec{b_1}+\vec b+\vec{a_1}+\vec a}{2}$ $⇒2\vec{MM_1}=\vec{BB_1}+\vec{AA_1}$ $⇒2\vec{MM_1}=2\vec{BB_1}$ $[∵\vec{AA_1}=\vec{BB_1}]$ $⇒\vec{MM_1}=\vec{BB_1}=\vec{AA_1}$ |