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67th Romanian Mathematical Olympiad

Romania geometry

Problem

Consider triangle with , and the midpoint of the side . Let be such that . Show that is the bisector of the angle .

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Solution
Let be the point where the perpendicular bisector of the segment meets . Then , and .

Since and , it follows that , that is , whence . Since (the right triangle has an angle of ), so, using the converse of the Bisector Theorem, is the bisector of the angle .

Then , and, since yields , . From and follows that , that is is the bisector of the angle .

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