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Ukraine 2008 geometry
Problem
Diagonals and of the quadrangle intersect at point . We know that diagonal is perpendicular to the side , , . Find the ratio . 
Fig. 1 Answer: 1:2.
Fig. 1 Answer: 1:2.
Solution
Under the problem statement we can easily find the following angles (fig.1): , , . Let's draw rays and . Then , . Therefore is a bisector of and is a bisector of , which implies that is a bisector of . The last statement is easily proved by the locus of the bisector. Thus and is an isosceles triangle. Therefore and as is right-angled triangle with an angle of . From this we find that .
Final answer
1:2
Techniques
Angle chasingConstructions and lociTriangle trigonometry