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geometry senior

Problem

In shown in the adjoining figure, is the midpoint of side and . Points and are taken on and , respectively, and lines and intersect at . If then equals
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Solution
Here, we use Mass Points. Let . We then have , , and Let have a mass of . Since is the midpoint, also has a mass of . Looking at segment , we have So Looking at segment ,we have So From this, we get and We want the value of . This can be written as Thus
Final answer
A