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Mongolian National Mathematical Olympiad

Mongolia geometry

Problem

Let and be points on sides and of triangle , respectively, such that . Let and be midpoints of and , respectively. Prove that is parallel to the bisector of .

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Solution
Let and be midpoints of the sides and respectively. Then and are midlines of the triangles and . Thus and similarly From the hypothesis of the problem we have . So is a rhombus. Thus is a bisector of and , implies .

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