Problem:
Let be a triangle such that the altitude from , the median from , and the internal angle bisector from meet at a single point. If and , find .
Problem:
Let be a triangle such that the altitude from , the median from , and the internal angle bisector from meet at a single point. If and , find .
Solution:
Let be the foot of the -altitude, the midpoint of , and the foot of the -internal angle bisector. Then by Ceva's Theorem, we have
and so
where we are using the shorthand , , . By cosine law, we know that
and
Substituting this into the equation, we obtain
Solving for in this equation then gives the final answer, which is .