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Problem
In , . Point is on so that and . Find .
Solution
We start with the observation that , and .
We can draw the height from onto . In the triangle , we have . Hence .
By the definition of , we also have , therefore . This means that the triangle is isosceles, and as , we must have .
Then we compute , thus and the triangle is isosceles as well. Hence .
Now we can note that , hence also the triangle is isosceles and we have .
Combining the previous two observations we get that , and as , this means that .
Finally, we get .
See Also
2001 AMC 12 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 23 |
Followed by Problem 25 |
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