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I supposed that the problem reads:

Let ABC be a triangle and D, E, and F be the midpoints of the sides AB, BC,
and CA respectively. Using vector, prove that the perpendicular bisectors of the triangle
ABC are concurrent.

Solution. Let P be the intersection point of the perpendicular bisector of the sides
AB and CA. We shall attempt to prove that P E is perpendicular to the side BC.

Let AB = 2a and AC = 2b. Also, we define a vector c such that a · c = 0 and


therefore we may write b = xa + yc for some scalar x and y.

Now, 
P E · AB + BC + CA = P E · 0 = 0 (1)
but,

P E · AB + BC + CA = P E · AB + P E · BC + P E · CA

= P D + DB + BE · AB + P E · BC

+ P F + F C + CE · CA
= DB · AB + BE · AB + P E · BC + F C · CA + CE · CA
= DB · AB + F C · CA + P E · BC − CE · AC − CE · AB
= 2 |a|2 − 2 |b|2 + P E · BC − (a − b) · (2a + 2b)

Let us substitute b = xa + yc, and |b|2 = x2 |a|2 + y 2 |c|2 to obtain

P E · AB + BC + CA = 2 |a|2 − 2 x2 |a|2 + y 2 |c|2 + P E · BC


 

− 2 (a − xa − yc) · (a + xa + yc)
= 2 1 − x2 |a|2 − y 2 |c|2 + P E · BC
  

− 2 1 − x2 |a|2 − y 2 |c|2
  

= P E · BC (2)

Combining (1) and (2) yields the desired result.

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