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67th Romanian Mathematical Olympiad

Romania geometry

Problem

Consider the isosceles right triangle , with . Take now the point so that and . Find the measure of the angle .

problem
Solution
Case 1: and are on different sides of (figure 1). Denote . Then , therefore is bisector and altitude in the triangle . So, . Construct , Then is a midline in the triangle , hence . In the right triangle the leg is half of the hypotenuse , hence . It follows .



Case 2: and are on different sides of the line (figure 2). Denote . Then , hence is bisector and altitude in the triangle . So, . Construct . Then is a midline in the triangle , hence . In the right triangle the leg is half of the hypotenuse , hence . It follows .
Final answer
15° or 105°

Techniques

Angle chasingDistance chasing