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67th Romanian Mathematical Olympiad

Romania geometry

Problem

The right isosceles triangle has . Take so that and take on the internal bisector of the angle so that . Prove that:

a) the lines and are perpendicular;

b) the triangle is isosceles.

problem
Solution
a) From , it follows , and .

From it follows that , hence , whence, using , it follows that .

b) Take the point in the half-plane determined by not containing , so that and .



Then the triangle is equilateral and the points , and are collinear.

The triangle is isosceles, with , hence . Therefore the triangle is isosceles, hence .

In the isosceles triangle , the bisector is the perpendicular bisector of the segment , hence the triangle is also isosceles, whence , that is the triangle is isosceles.

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