Home Competitions NL-NWO 2005 Problem 2
Let P 1 P 2 P 3 … P 12 P_1P_2P_3\dots P_{12} P 1 P 2 P 3 … P 12 be a regular dodecagon. Show that ∣ P 1 P 2 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 4 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 6 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 8 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 10 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 12 ∣ 2 \left|P_1P_2\right|^2 + \left|P_1P_4\right|^2 + \left|P_1P_6\right|^2 + \left|P_1P_8\right|^2 + \left|P_1P_{10}\right|^2 + \left|P_1P_{12}\right|^2 ∣ P 1 P 2 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 4 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 6 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 8 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 10 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 12 ∣ 2 is equal to ∣ P 1 P 3 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 5 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 7 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 9 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 11 ∣ 2 . \left|P_1P_3\right|^2 + \left|P_1P_5\right|^2 + \left|P_1P_7\right|^2 + \left|P_1P_9\right|^2 + \left|P_1P_{11}\right|^2. ∣ P 1 P 3 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 5 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 7 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 9 ∣ 2 + ∣ P 1 P 11 ∣ 2 .
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