Deriving Ceva's theorem from Menelaus's theorem | plane geometry | intermediate level

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Episode 84.

Deriving Ceva's theorem from Menelaus's theorem | plane geometry | intermediate level.

Branch of mathematics: plane geometry.
Difficulty level: intermediate.

Ceva's theorem. Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Let $D$, $E$, $F$ be points on the lines $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ respectively. Then the lines $AD$, $BE$, $CF$ intersect at a single point or all 3 are parallel to each other if and only if $\frac{\overrightarrow{BD}}{\overrightarrow{DC}} \cdot \frac{\overrightarrow{CE}}{\overrightarrow{EA}} \cdot \frac{\overrightarrow{AF}}{\overrightarrow{FB}} = 1$.

Menelaus's theorem. Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Let $D$, $E$, $F$ be points on the lines $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ respectively. Then the points $D$, $E$, $F$ are collinear if and only if $\frac{\overrightarrow{BD}}{\overrightarrow{DC}} \cdot \frac{\overrightarrow{CE}}{\overrightarrow{EA}} \cdot \frac{\overrightarrow{AF}}{\overrightarrow{FB}} = -1$.

This video contains the proof of Ceva's theorem using Menelaus's theorem.

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