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Belarus geometry
Problem
Let be the median of the triangle , be the foot of the perpendicular from onto the bisector of the angle , be the foot of the perpendicular from onto the bisector of the angle . The ray intersects the segment at a point . Find the value of the ratio .
Solution
Answer: 1. Let , then . Since is the bisector of the angle , we have . Similarly, . The triangle is a right-angled triangle, so . The right-angled triangles and are equal (, ). So . Since , we have . Therefore is a parallelogram. Since , we have . So, the triangle is an isosceles triangle: . Similarly, the triangle is an isosceles triangle: . Therefore, we have .
Final answer
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