Question 14 Marks
Show that the points (a, b, c), (b, c, a) and (c, a, b) are the vertices of an equilateral triangle.
Answer
View full question & answer→Here, A(a, b, c), B(b, c, a), C(c, a, b) $\text{AB}=\sqrt{(\text{a}-\text{b})^2+(\text{b}-\text{c})^2 + (\text{c}-\text{a})^2}$ $=\sqrt{\text{a}^2 +\text{b}^2 -2\text{ab} + \text{b}^2 +\text{c}^2 - 2\text{bc} +\text{c}^2 +\text{a}^2 -2\text{ac}}$ $\text{AB}=\sqrt{2\text{a}^2 + 2\text{b}^2 + 2\text{c}^2 - 2\text{ab} - 2\text{bc}- 2\text{ac}}$ $\text{BC}=\sqrt{(\text{b}-\text{c})^2+(\text{c}-\text{a})^2 + (\text{a}-\text{b})^2}$ $=\sqrt{\text{b}^2 +\text{c}^2 - 2\text{bc}+ \text{c}2 + \text{a}^2 -2\text{ca} +\text{a}^2 +\text{b}^2 -2\text{ab}}$ $\text{BC}=\sqrt{2\text{a}^2 + 2\text{b}^2 + 2\text{c}^2 - 2\text{ab}-2\text{bc} -2\text{ca}}$ $\text{CA}=\sqrt{(\text{a}-\text{c})^2+(\text{b}-\text{a})^2 + (\text{c}-\text{b})^2}$ $=\sqrt{\text{a}^2 +\text{c}^2 - 2\text{ac}+ \text{b}2 + \text{a}^2 -2\text{ab} +\text{b}^2 +\text{c}^2 -2\text{bc}}$ $\text{CA}=\sqrt{2\text{a}^2 + 2\text{b}^2 + 2\text{c}^2 - 2\text{ab}-2\text{bc} -2\text{ca}}$ Since, AB = BC = CA, so $\triangle\text{ABC}$ is an isosceles A.