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[hide]Problem
In isosceles trapezoid , parallel bases and have lengths and , respectively, and . The angle bisectors of and meet at , and the angle bisectors of and meet at . Find .
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Solution 1
Extend lines and to meet line at points and , respectively, and extend lines and to meet at points and , respectively.
Claim: quadrilaterals and are rhombuses.
Proof: Since , . Therefore, triangles , , and are all right triangles. By SAA congruence, the first three triangles are congruent; by SAS congruence, is congruent to the other three. Therefore, , so is a rhombus. By symmetry, is also a rhombus.
Extend line to meet and at and , respectively. Because of rhombus properties, . Also, by rhombus properties, and are the midpoints of segments and , respectively; therefore, by trapezoid properties, . Finally, .
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Solution 2
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