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Mongolian Mathematical Olympiad

Mongolia geometry

Problem

Let be an isosceles triangle with . Let and be midpoints of and , respectively. is the foot of the altitude from to of triangle . Prove that triangles and are similar. (Khulan Tumenbayar)

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Solution
Let us denote . Then and . Hence . As we have , it yields . It implies and . Therefore, . Since , quadrilateral is cyclic. Hence . Also, , which means . --- Hence is true. It implies that . Also, we have . By AAA property, we have .

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing