Let be a triangle on the plane. The angle bisector from the vertex meets the side at , and the median from the vertex meets the side at . The lines and meet at the point . Prove that if , then and are perpendicular.
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Let be a point on the ray , such that is the midpoint of the line segment (Fig. 10). Then is the median of the triangle . As divides this line segment in the ratio , must be the centroid of the triangle . So, , which is also a median of the triangle , must pass through the point . Therefore, . So, is the midpoint of the line segment . As passes through the point , is also a median of the triangle . By the premises it is also an angle bisector. So, the triangle is isosceles with and is its height. Therefore, .

Fig. 10
Solution 2
As in solution 1, we show that is the midpoint of . So joins the midpoints of sides in the triangle and therefore . And the angle bisector divides the opposite side in the same ratio as the corresponding sides, so . As is the midpoint of , we have . An angle bisector, drawn from the vertex opposite the base in an isosceles triangle, is also the height in that triangle, giving . It follows that .