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Saturday, December 26, 2015
Geometry Problem 1174: Triangle, Quadrilateral, Double, Triple, Angle, Congruence, Excenter, Angle Bisector
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Let the bisector of < ABC meet AC at E, CD at F and AD at G.
ReplyDeleteFor ease of typing I use @ for alpha and $ for theta
Easily < ABO = OBC = @/2 and < CBE = @ so that < EBD = 2@
Also since BG is the perpendicular bisector of AD, < BAE = EAF = BDE = EDF = $
So C is the incentre of Tr. ABF so < DFG = < AFG = < AFC = < CFE and each of these must therefore be essentially 60 degrees since the last 3 of these 4 angles add upto 180.
Hence from Tr. BDF, 2(&+$) = 60 and so
&+$ = 30.....(1)
In Tr. ABC, OA is an external angle bisector at A so x+@/2 = 90 -$/2 from which
x + (@+$)/2 = 90
Substituting @+& = 30 from (1) therefore
x+30/2 = 90 and hence x = 75
Sumith Peiris
Moratuwa
Sri Lanka
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ReplyDeleteLet angle bisector of angle ABD meet CD at F and AD at E
Observe that due to symmetry we have
∠(BAF)= ∠ (BDF)=2. Theta
And tri. AFD is isosceles
AC and BC are angles bisectors of ∠ (BAC) and ∠ (CFA)
So ∠ (BFC)= ∠ (CFA)=2.alpha+2.theta => ∠ (FDA)=alpha+theta
In right tri. BED we have alpha+theta=30
We have∠ (HOA)= theta/2 and ∠ (ABO)=alpha/2
In right tri. HBO we have x+theta/2+alpha/2= 90 => x= 75
Join AD and form the isosceles triangle ABD
ReplyDeleteE be foot of the perpendicular from B to AD
Say P be the point of intersection of BE and DC
Join AP and since ABD is isosceles m(CAP)=m(BAC)=θ and also APD is isosceles
=> C is the incenter of triangle ABP ----------(1)
A bit of angle chasing leads us to the below
m(BPC)=m(EPD)=2(α+θ) -----(2)
m(APC)=m(PAB)+m(PBA)=180-4(α+θ) -----------(3)
From (1), we have (2)=(3)
=>(α+θ)=30 ----------(4)
Now consider the triangle BAX
we have X=180-(90+θ/2)-α/2
=> X=75 degrees
Sorry for the typos
DeleteCorrected m(APC)=m(PAB)+m(PBA)=180-4(α+θ) -----------(3) to
"m(APC)=m(PAD)+m(PDA)=180-4(α+θ)" -----------(3)
Now consider the triangle BAX to "Now consider the triangle BAO"