Plane Geometry problem: $a(PA)^2 + b(PB)^2 + c(PC)^2$ is minimum












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Problem: Let $ABC$ be a fixed triangle and $P$ be a variable point in the plane of $Delta ABC$. If $a(PA)^2 + b(PB)^2 + c(PC)^2$ is minimum, then the point P with respect to $Delta ABC$ is



(A) Centroid $quad quad$ (B) Circumcentre $quad quad$ (C) Orthocentre $quad quad$ (D) Incentre



I tried this problem with pure geometry but could not solve, please help me.










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    Hint: For any $alpha, beta, gamma > 0$, the expression $alpha |PA|^2 + beta |PB|^2 + gamma |PC|^2$ is minimized at the weighted centroid $P = frac{alpha A + beta B + gamma C}{alpha + beta + gamma}$.
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    @achille hui Please elaborate.
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    The $P$ you seek is $frac{a A + bB + cC}{a+b+c}$, i.e. the barycentric coordinates of $P$ wrt triangle ABC is $a : b : c$. Look at its wiki entry (in particular section 2.6) for the barycentric coordinates for a list of special points. Your point is there.
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Problem: Let $ABC$ be a fixed triangle and $P$ be a variable point in the plane of $Delta ABC$. If $a(PA)^2 + b(PB)^2 + c(PC)^2$ is minimum, then the point P with respect to $Delta ABC$ is



(A) Centroid $quad quad$ (B) Circumcentre $quad quad$ (C) Orthocentre $quad quad$ (D) Incentre



I tried this problem with pure geometry but could not solve, please help me.










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    Hint: For any $alpha, beta, gamma > 0$, the expression $alpha |PA|^2 + beta |PB|^2 + gamma |PC|^2$ is minimized at the weighted centroid $P = frac{alpha A + beta B + gamma C}{alpha + beta + gamma}$.
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    – achille hui
    Dec 2 '18 at 0:54










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    @achille hui Please elaborate.
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    – prashant sharma
    Dec 2 '18 at 3:07










  • $begingroup$
    The $P$ you seek is $frac{a A + bB + cC}{a+b+c}$, i.e. the barycentric coordinates of $P$ wrt triangle ABC is $a : b : c$. Look at its wiki entry (in particular section 2.6) for the barycentric coordinates for a list of special points. Your point is there.
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    – achille hui
    Dec 2 '18 at 3:16














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Problem: Let $ABC$ be a fixed triangle and $P$ be a variable point in the plane of $Delta ABC$. If $a(PA)^2 + b(PB)^2 + c(PC)^2$ is minimum, then the point P with respect to $Delta ABC$ is



(A) Centroid $quad quad$ (B) Circumcentre $quad quad$ (C) Orthocentre $quad quad$ (D) Incentre



I tried this problem with pure geometry but could not solve, please help me.










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Problem: Let $ABC$ be a fixed triangle and $P$ be a variable point in the plane of $Delta ABC$. If $a(PA)^2 + b(PB)^2 + c(PC)^2$ is minimum, then the point P with respect to $Delta ABC$ is



(A) Centroid $quad quad$ (B) Circumcentre $quad quad$ (C) Orthocentre $quad quad$ (D) Incentre



I tried this problem with pure geometry but could not solve, please help me.







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    Hint: For any $alpha, beta, gamma > 0$, the expression $alpha |PA|^2 + beta |PB|^2 + gamma |PC|^2$ is minimized at the weighted centroid $P = frac{alpha A + beta B + gamma C}{alpha + beta + gamma}$.
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    – achille hui
    Dec 2 '18 at 0:54










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    @achille hui Please elaborate.
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    – prashant sharma
    Dec 2 '18 at 3:07










  • $begingroup$
    The $P$ you seek is $frac{a A + bB + cC}{a+b+c}$, i.e. the barycentric coordinates of $P$ wrt triangle ABC is $a : b : c$. Look at its wiki entry (in particular section 2.6) for the barycentric coordinates for a list of special points. Your point is there.
    $endgroup$
    – achille hui
    Dec 2 '18 at 3:16


















  • $begingroup$
    Hint: For any $alpha, beta, gamma > 0$, the expression $alpha |PA|^2 + beta |PB|^2 + gamma |PC|^2$ is minimized at the weighted centroid $P = frac{alpha A + beta B + gamma C}{alpha + beta + gamma}$.
    $endgroup$
    – achille hui
    Dec 2 '18 at 0:54










  • $begingroup$
    @achille hui Please elaborate.
    $endgroup$
    – prashant sharma
    Dec 2 '18 at 3:07










  • $begingroup$
    The $P$ you seek is $frac{a A + bB + cC}{a+b+c}$, i.e. the barycentric coordinates of $P$ wrt triangle ABC is $a : b : c$. Look at its wiki entry (in particular section 2.6) for the barycentric coordinates for a list of special points. Your point is there.
    $endgroup$
    – achille hui
    Dec 2 '18 at 3:16
















$begingroup$
Hint: For any $alpha, beta, gamma > 0$, the expression $alpha |PA|^2 + beta |PB|^2 + gamma |PC|^2$ is minimized at the weighted centroid $P = frac{alpha A + beta B + gamma C}{alpha + beta + gamma}$.
$endgroup$
– achille hui
Dec 2 '18 at 0:54




$begingroup$
Hint: For any $alpha, beta, gamma > 0$, the expression $alpha |PA|^2 + beta |PB|^2 + gamma |PC|^2$ is minimized at the weighted centroid $P = frac{alpha A + beta B + gamma C}{alpha + beta + gamma}$.
$endgroup$
– achille hui
Dec 2 '18 at 0:54












$begingroup$
@achille hui Please elaborate.
$endgroup$
– prashant sharma
Dec 2 '18 at 3:07




$begingroup$
@achille hui Please elaborate.
$endgroup$
– prashant sharma
Dec 2 '18 at 3:07












$begingroup$
The $P$ you seek is $frac{a A + bB + cC}{a+b+c}$, i.e. the barycentric coordinates of $P$ wrt triangle ABC is $a : b : c$. Look at its wiki entry (in particular section 2.6) for the barycentric coordinates for a list of special points. Your point is there.
$endgroup$
– achille hui
Dec 2 '18 at 3:16




$begingroup$
The $P$ you seek is $frac{a A + bB + cC}{a+b+c}$, i.e. the barycentric coordinates of $P$ wrt triangle ABC is $a : b : c$. Look at its wiki entry (in particular section 2.6) for the barycentric coordinates for a list of special points. Your point is there.
$endgroup$
– achille hui
Dec 2 '18 at 3:16










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