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Level: Mathematics Education, High School, Honors Geometry, College.
This entry contributed by Sumith Peiris, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
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Friday, September 30, 2016
Geometry Problem 1268:Triangle, Exterior Angle Bisector, Circumcircle, Circle, Chord, Parallel, Concyclic Points, Cyclic Quadrilateral
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Let the angles of the triangle ABC be A,B and C respectively.
ReplyDeleteLet Angle BFD = @ => BFG = 180-@ -----(1)
Since ED is the ext.Angle bisector of B ,Angle CBD = 90-B/2
=> Angle BDF = 90+B/2-@
Angle ABE = 90-B/2 = AGE = ACE => ECB = C+B/2-90 = XDB = EGB = XGB
Hence BPGD is concyclic
Since BXG and BDG are supplimentary, Angle EXB = 90+B/2-@ = HXG
Hence in triangle HXG, Angle XHG = BHG = @ ---------(2)
From (1) & (2) BHGF are concyclic --------(3)
Since Angle ACB = C = AGB = HGB = C => HFB = C (From (3) ) Hence HF // AC // AD
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ReplyDeleteConnect EC and BG
Let u= ∠CBD=∠EBA=∠ACE=∠AGE
And v= ∠ECB= ∠EGB ( see sketch)
In triangle BDC , ∠BDC=∠BCA-∠CBD= v
Since ∠BDX=∠XGB= v => quadrilateral BDGX is cyclic
And ∠ XDG=∠XBG= w
In triangle BFD, ∠BFD= 180-u-v-w
In triangle HGB , ∠BHG= 180-u-v-w
So ∠BHG=∠ BFD and quadrilateral HGFB is cyclic
And ∠HFG=∠XBG=w=∠CDF => HF//AD