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THE 68th ROMANIAN MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD

Romania geometry

Problem

a) Show that in a right triangle with an angle of , the leg opposite to the -angle has half of the length of the hypotenuse.

b) Inside the triangle , with and , we consider the point , such that and . Determine .

problem
Solution
a) If is on the hypotenuse of the triangle , with a right angle in , with such that , then the triangle is equilateral. Hence , and , also.

b) We construct , such that , , , . If , , and , , then (H.A.), so .

, , is the midpoint of , , , hence is on the angle bisector of the angle , . , , , hence .
Final answer
40°

Techniques

Angle chasingConstructions and loci