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pawel
Oct 16, 2007, 05:16 AM
If in a triangle sinA,sinB,sinC are in Arithmetic progression,then prove that altitudes are in harmonic progression.
terryg752
Oct 16, 2007, 08:07 AM
If in a triangle sinA,sinB,sinC are in Arithmetic progression,then prove that altitudes are in harmonic progression.
Altitudes are: c Sin A, a Sin B, b Sin C
(where c is side opposite angle C, i.e. AB, etc.)
Divide all 3 altitudes by Sin A SinB Sin C , remember a/Sin A = b/Sin B = c/Sin C = say k
You get (c/SinC) / Sin B, (a/Sin A)/Sin C, (b/Sin B) / Sin A
which are: k/Sin B, k/Sin C, k/SinA
Hence the result!
terryg752
Oct 24, 2007, 10:48 PM
Pawel, yhy do you disagree? I thought the following is obvious:
if x, y, z are in Arithmetic Progression, then
1/x, 1/y, 1/z are in Harmonic Progression.
I have proved : altitudes are k/Sin B, k/Sin C, k/SinA, where k is a constant.
Since Sin A, Sin B, Sin C are in Arithmetic Progression,
Sin A/k, Sin B/k, Sin C/k are in Arithmetic Progression
Hence k/Sin A, k/Sin B, k/Sin C are in Harmonic Progression.