Another Perpendicular-Bisector Dot Product

Problem

In △ABC\triangle ABC, the perpendicular bisector of the side BCBC meets BCBC at QQ and meets ACAC at PP. Given ∣AB→∣=1\left|\overrightarrow{AB}\right|=1 and ∣AC→∣=2\left|\overrightarrow{AC}\right|=2, find AP→⋅BC→\overrightarrow{AP}\cdot\overrightarrow{BC}.

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Solution

Difficulty5/10
Topicsplane geometry, Polarization Identity, vectors

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