Let be a triangle such that . A point is given in the interior of the triangle , such that and . Prove that .
Solution
Let be the intersection of the bisector of the segment with the segment .
Denote and notice that .
Since lies on the bisector of the segment , we have . Therefore, . This implies .
Let be the other intersection of the line with the circle of radius centred at . Since is an isosceles triangle ( and are both radii of the same circle), we get .
From we get (these are the angles of the transversal).
This also means that , which shows that is an isosceles triangle.
From and the fact that is equidistant to and , we conclude that the line is the bisector of the segment as well.
Thus, , i.e. the triangle is equilateral.
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