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55rd Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad - Third Round (Second Tour)

Ukraine geometry

Problem

An acute-angled triangle has the side , and the bisectrix . On the segment there exists point , for which . Prove that .

problem


Fig. 16
Solution
On the segment put a point such as (fig. 16). Then , mark . On the segment choose a point , such that . Then because of , but then , that's why , and it is exactly what we have to prove.

Techniques

Angle chasingConstructions and lociIsogonal/isotomic conjugates, barycentric coordinates