2009 AIME I Problems/Problem 5
Problem
Triangle has
and
. Points
and
are located on
and
respectively so that
, and
is the angle bisector of angle
. Let
be the point of intersection of
and
, and let
be the point on line
for which
is the midpoint of
. If
, find
.
Solution
Sorry, I fail to get the diagram up here, someone help me.
Since is the midpoint of
.
Thus, and the opposite angles are congruent.
Therefore, is congruent to
because of SAS
is congruent to
because of CPCTC
That shows is parallel to
(also
)
That makes congruent to
Thus,
Now let apply angle bisector thm.
See also
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