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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Geometry Problem 964: Right Triangle, Cevians, Angles, 10, 20, 30 Degrees
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I do not have a full solution but a suggestion for others. Consider G the midpoint of BD. G is the circumcentre of Tr. ABD or GA=GD. For reasons that are still unclear to me, GAD is an equilateral triangle, In other words, AD=GA=GD or AD=BD/2 which in turn suggests that BAD is a 30°-60°-90° triangle. /_EDF is therefore=40° and thus x=(40+10)=50°.
ReplyDeleteAll that remains now is to prove that Tr. GAD is equilateral. Still beyond me though -- A lovely problem, Antonio!
Consider G pe BC astfel incatDG= ED=DC,rezulta EDG echilateral,EGB,GDC,BGD isoscele=>BG=EC=GD=ED=DC m<BDG=20°,m<BDE=40°.x=50°.
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ReplyDeleteAngle DEC=10 deg. ---> triangle DCE is isoceles ---> CD=DE.
Put point G on BC, so that DC=DG ---> angle DGC=DCG=40 deg.
---> angle CDG=100 deg. ---> angle GDE=60 deg.
Triangle DGE is equilateral <--- DE(=CD)=DG.
Angle GEB=180-70-60=50 deg.=angle GBE.
---> GE=GB, and angle BGE is 80 deg.
Points B, E, D are on circle G.
---> angle BDE=angle BGE/2=40 deg.
Angle BFE(=x)=40+10=50 deg.
Excellent solution FUKUCHAN
ReplyDeleteAlternatively one could use trigonometry. Angle DEC = 10 deg, so CD=DE. Let CD=1 (unit length). AD = DE*cos(20 deg), BA=AC*tan(40 deg). DE=1, AC=1+AD=1+cos(20 deg)
ReplyDeleteTan(angle ABD) = AD/BA=cos(20deg)/(1+cos(20 deg))/tan(40 deg) = tan(30)
Angle ABD = 80 - X = 30. So X = 50 deg.
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