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Let $O$ and $H$ be the circumcenter and orthocenter of triangle $ABC$, respectively. Let $a$, $b$, and $c$ denote the side lengths.



Find $AH^2 + BH^2+CH^2$ if the circumradius is equal to $7$ and $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 432$.



So far, I've tried using vectors to tease out the solution, but nothing's working. I have found that $OH$ is $3$ but I'm not sure how that helps.



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    I am stuck on this problem -



    Let $O$ and $H$ be the circumcenter and orthocenter of triangle $ABC$, respectively. Let $a$, $b$, and $c$ denote the side lengths.



    Find $AH^2 + BH^2+CH^2$ if the circumradius is equal to $7$ and $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 432$.



    So far, I've tried using vectors to tease out the solution, but nothing's working. I have found that $OH$ is $3$ but I'm not sure how that helps.



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      I am stuck on this problem -



      Let $O$ and $H$ be the circumcenter and orthocenter of triangle $ABC$, respectively. Let $a$, $b$, and $c$ denote the side lengths.



      Find $AH^2 + BH^2+CH^2$ if the circumradius is equal to $7$ and $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 432$.



      So far, I've tried using vectors to tease out the solution, but nothing's working. I have found that $OH$ is $3$ but I'm not sure how that helps.



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      I am stuck on this problem -



      Let $O$ and $H$ be the circumcenter and orthocenter of triangle $ABC$, respectively. Let $a$, $b$, and $c$ denote the side lengths.



      Find $AH^2 + BH^2+CH^2$ if the circumradius is equal to $7$ and $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 432$.



      So far, I've tried using vectors to tease out the solution, but nothing's working. I have found that $OH$ is $3$ but I'm not sure how that helps.



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          Consider the triangle obtained by drawing at each vertex of $ABC$ a line parallel to its opposite side. These three new lines form a new triangle $A'B'C'$ that can be seen to be similar to the original triangle, with doubled sides. Also, notice that the circumcenter of $A'B'C'$ is the orthocenter of $ABC$, which we denoted $H$. Thus, by Pythagoras,



          begin{gather*}
          (HC')^2 = (AC')^2 + AH^2 = a^2 + AH^2\
          (HA')^2 = (BA')^2 + BH^2 = b^2 + BH^2\
          (HB')^2 = (CB')^2 + CH^2 = c^2 + CH^2.
          end{gather*}

          Summing the three expressions above and using $HC' = HB' = HA' = 2 cdot 7 = 14$ (by the similarity relation), we have
          $$
          3 cdot 14^2 = a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + (CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2) = 432 + (CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2)
          $$

          implying that
          $$
          CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2 = 588 - 432 = 156.
          $$






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            Consider the triangle obtained by drawing at each vertex of $ABC$ a line parallel to its opposite side. These three new lines form a new triangle $A'B'C'$ that can be seen to be similar to the original triangle, with doubled sides. Also, notice that the circumcenter of $A'B'C'$ is the orthocenter of $ABC$, which we denoted $H$. Thus, by Pythagoras,



            begin{gather*}
            (HC')^2 = (AC')^2 + AH^2 = a^2 + AH^2\
            (HA')^2 = (BA')^2 + BH^2 = b^2 + BH^2\
            (HB')^2 = (CB')^2 + CH^2 = c^2 + CH^2.
            end{gather*}

            Summing the three expressions above and using $HC' = HB' = HA' = 2 cdot 7 = 14$ (by the similarity relation), we have
            $$
            3 cdot 14^2 = a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + (CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2) = 432 + (CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2)
            $$

            implying that
            $$
            CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2 = 588 - 432 = 156.
            $$






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              Consider the triangle obtained by drawing at each vertex of $ABC$ a line parallel to its opposite side. These three new lines form a new triangle $A'B'C'$ that can be seen to be similar to the original triangle, with doubled sides. Also, notice that the circumcenter of $A'B'C'$ is the orthocenter of $ABC$, which we denoted $H$. Thus, by Pythagoras,



              begin{gather*}
              (HC')^2 = (AC')^2 + AH^2 = a^2 + AH^2\
              (HA')^2 = (BA')^2 + BH^2 = b^2 + BH^2\
              (HB')^2 = (CB')^2 + CH^2 = c^2 + CH^2.
              end{gather*}

              Summing the three expressions above and using $HC' = HB' = HA' = 2 cdot 7 = 14$ (by the similarity relation), we have
              $$
              3 cdot 14^2 = a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + (CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2) = 432 + (CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2)
              $$

              implying that
              $$
              CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2 = 588 - 432 = 156.
              $$






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                Consider the triangle obtained by drawing at each vertex of $ABC$ a line parallel to its opposite side. These three new lines form a new triangle $A'B'C'$ that can be seen to be similar to the original triangle, with doubled sides. Also, notice that the circumcenter of $A'B'C'$ is the orthocenter of $ABC$, which we denoted $H$. Thus, by Pythagoras,



                begin{gather*}
                (HC')^2 = (AC')^2 + AH^2 = a^2 + AH^2\
                (HA')^2 = (BA')^2 + BH^2 = b^2 + BH^2\
                (HB')^2 = (CB')^2 + CH^2 = c^2 + CH^2.
                end{gather*}

                Summing the three expressions above and using $HC' = HB' = HA' = 2 cdot 7 = 14$ (by the similarity relation), we have
                $$
                3 cdot 14^2 = a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + (CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2) = 432 + (CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2)
                $$

                implying that
                $$
                CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2 = 588 - 432 = 156.
                $$






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                Consider the triangle obtained by drawing at each vertex of $ABC$ a line parallel to its opposite side. These three new lines form a new triangle $A'B'C'$ that can be seen to be similar to the original triangle, with doubled sides. Also, notice that the circumcenter of $A'B'C'$ is the orthocenter of $ABC$, which we denoted $H$. Thus, by Pythagoras,



                begin{gather*}
                (HC')^2 = (AC')^2 + AH^2 = a^2 + AH^2\
                (HA')^2 = (BA')^2 + BH^2 = b^2 + BH^2\
                (HB')^2 = (CB')^2 + CH^2 = c^2 + CH^2.
                end{gather*}

                Summing the three expressions above and using $HC' = HB' = HA' = 2 cdot 7 = 14$ (by the similarity relation), we have
                $$
                3 cdot 14^2 = a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + (CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2) = 432 + (CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2)
                $$

                implying that
                $$
                CH^2 + AH^2 + BH^2 = 588 - 432 = 156.
                $$







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