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49th Mathematical Olympiad in Ukraine

Ukraine geometry

Problem

In triangle . The bisector of this angle intersects side at , and the bisector of angle adjacent to , intersects line at . Segment intersects side in . Prove that .

problem
Solution
Let us prove that is the bisector of . Point is equidistant from the lines and , and also from the lines and , since (fig. 13). Thus is equidistant from the lines and , which means that belongs to the bisector of . Therefore is equidistant from the lines and , and also from and , which proves that is the bisector of . Denote . Then step by step we can calculate the following:



Fig. 13

Techniques

Angle chasingConstructions and loci