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Argentina 2016 geometry
Problem
Point is chosen on side of the acute triangle so that . Let and be respectively the feet of the perpendiculars from and to side . It is known that Find .
Solution
Write the condition in the form . Express and by Pythagoras theorem for the right-angled triangles and : , . Since , it follows that . Likewise the right-angled triangles and yield , . Hence
. We showed above that ; on the other hand by hypothesis. So the obtained equality can be written as , which implies . Furthermore we have with from the similar triangles and . Replacing and in leads to . Because and , it follows that . Then , meaning that the hypotenuse of right-angled triangle is twice that its leg . Therefore and so .
. We showed above that ; on the other hand by hypothesis. So the obtained equality can be written as , which implies . Furthermore we have with from the similar triangles and . Replacing and in leads to . Because and , it follows that . Then , meaning that the hypotenuse of right-angled triangle is twice that its leg . Therefore and so .
Final answer
60°
Techniques
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