finding of k which solves specific task in parallelogram

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Let us suppose we have following parallelogram enter image description here

Task is following : find $k$ for which in vector addition form

$AB+BO=k*AC$

interesting task, first of all, we have following equation from vector point of view

$AB+BC=AC$ $AD+DC=AC$

$BD=AD-AB$

from where, $AB=BD+AD$ , so if we insert, we will get

$BD+AD+BC=AC$

but how to continue? generally intersection point is centroid and is should be $1/2$, but how to get it from the equation? thanks in advance

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Consider this:

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From triangle law on $\triangle AOB$ and $\triangle AOD$, we have

$$k AC + lDB = AB \\ k AC - (1-l) DB = AD$$

So, adding the two,

$$(2k-1)AC + (2l-1)DB = 0$$

and since $AC, DB \neq 0$,

$$k = l = \dfrac{1}{2}$$