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74th Romanian Mathematical Olympiad

Romania geometry

Problem

Let be a triangular regular prism, with lateral edges , , . Consider the midpoint of the edge and the parallelogram . Let be the orthogonal projection of the point on the line , be the intersection of the planes and and be the intersection of the line with the plane . Prove that is the baricentre of the triangle if and only if . Valeriu Bărbieru
problem
Solution
AD is a median in , so the point is the baricenter of the triangle if and only if . Since , this is equivalent to . Because , and , the triangle has a right angle at . Then and are legs of this triangle, therefore .

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