Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Interactive Simson Line

Proposition
Given a triangle ABC and P a point on its circumcircle, as shown. Prove that the feet D, E, and F of the perpendiculars drawn from P to the sides (or their extensions) are collinear. The line DEF is called the Simson line.



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Triangle, Circumcircle, Perpendiculars, Collinear feet points. Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry

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