Pentagon is inscribed in a circle. Distances from point to lines , and are equal to , and , respectively. Find the distance from point to line .
Saudi Arabian Mathematical Competitions
Solution
Let , , and be the feet of perpendiculars dropped from point to lines , , and , respectively.
Points and lie on the circle with diameter , hence . Similarly, , hence
In the same way we obtain
From (1) and (2) it follows that , therefore
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