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Romania geometry
Problem
The quadrilateral regular pyramid has basis . The points , and are the midpoints of the edges , , respectively . Prove that the angle of the line with the plane has if and only if the angle of the line with the plane has .

Solution
The projection of the line on the plane is the line , hence the angle of the line with the plane is . From , and follows . So, the projection of the line on the plane is the line , hence the angle of the line with the plane is . If , then and, since , the leg of the right triangle is half of the hypotenuse , therefore . Conversely, if , then , so .
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