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Slovenija 2008

Slovenia 2008 geometry

Problem

In a quadrilateral let be a point inside the triangle such that triangles and are similar. Prove that triangles and are similar as well.

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Solution
Since triangles and are similar, we have and . We see that and since , we conclude that triangles and are also similar (matching in one angle and the ratio of the two adjacent sides).

Techniques

Angle chasing