Ratio and proportion?

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June 30th 2009, 10:49 PM
fardeen_gen

Ratio and proportion?

If we are given that:
$\frac{b + c - a}{1} = \frac{a + c - b}{2} = \frac{a + b - c}{3}$ , how to find $a : b : c$ ?

(I was solving a trigonometry in triangles question, and I needed to find out $a:b:c$ . I found that $\frac{s - a}{1} = \frac{s - b}{2} = \frac{s - c}{3}$ , where s is semi-perimeter. Hence, the the given equation. On second thought, is there any way to find $a:b$ if we know $\frac{k + a}{k + b} = \lambda$ , where k and $\lambda$ are known constants?)
July 1st 2009, 12:19 AM
red_dog

$\frac{b+c-a}{1}=\frac{a+c-b}{2}=\frac{a+b-c}{3}=\frac{a+b+c}{6}=k$

$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}a+b+c=6k\\b+c-a=k\end{array}\right.\Rightarrow b+c=\frac{7k}{2}\Rightarrow a=\frac{5k}{2}$

In a similar way find b and c in term of k.

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