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58th Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad

Ukraine geometry

Problem

Cut right triangle with one angle into three pairwise distinct isosceles triangles so that each has a non acute angle.

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Solution
We can cut with into triangles as shown in Fig. 25.



Here and is isosceles with right angle. Then and is isosceles with angle . Thus , is isosceles with .

Techniques

Constructions and lociAngle chasingTriangles