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49th Mathematical Olympiad in Ukraine

Ukraine geometry

Problem

In triangle points and are the midpoints of and respectively. Inside this triangle point is chosen in such a way that . Prove that .

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Solution
It is easy to see that , since as the centerline of the triangle (fig.14).

We know that , and so . and are the midpoints of the respective sides in similar triangles, thus .

Now since , we have , and we are done.

Techniques

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