2000 APMO Problems/Problem 3
Statement
Let be a triangle. Let and be the points in which the median and the angle bisector, respectively, at meet the side . Let and be the points in which the perpendicular at to meets and , respectively, and the point in which the perpendicular at to meets produced. Prove that is perpendicular to .
Solution
The problem can be solved by using coordinate geometry.
Let be the coordinate of , and be the equation of straight line of and . Let , , be the coordinate of , and .
Now the coordinates of and are and respectively. If the coordinate of is , then so .
Let be the coordinate of . .
and .
Clearly, . Hence, is perpendicular to . The proof is done.