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Romania geometry
Problem
Let , , , be distinct complex numbers with equal moduli, such that . Prove that , , are the complex coordinates of the vertices of a triangle which is either right angled or equilateral.
Marian Ionescu
Marian Ionescu
Solution
As usual, we could suppose that . The equality in the hypothesis is equivalent with , and thus , which is the same with . It is clear now that .
If , then the orthocenter of the triangle with the vertices whose complex coordinates are , , , coincides with its circumcenter, and thus the triangle is equilateral.
If , then , and thus that is . Then, at least one of the above parenthesis is zero, and thus the triangle has two antipodal vertices, that is it is a right angled triangle.
If , then the orthocenter of the triangle with the vertices whose complex coordinates are , , , coincides with its circumcenter, and thus the triangle is equilateral.
If , then , and thus that is . Then, at least one of the above parenthesis is zero, and thus the triangle has two antipodal vertices, that is it is a right angled triangle.
Techniques
Complex numbers in geometryTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleHomothetySymmetric functions