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Geometry Difficulty 5.8 AIME, harder Prove it Croatia

Let ABCABC be a triangle such that ∣AB∣=∣AC∣|AB| = |AC|. Let DD be a point on the side ACAC such that ∣AD∣<∣CD∣|AD| < |CD|, and let PP be a point on the segment BDBD such that ∠APC=90∘\angle APC = 90^\circ. If ∠ABP=∠BCP\angle ABP = \angle BCP, determine ∣AD∣:∣CD∣|AD| : |CD|.
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Solution

Let us denote ∠ABP=∠BCP=φ\angle ABP = \angle BCP = \varphi and ∠PBC=∠PCA=ψ\angle PBC = \angle PCA = \psi.
Let TT be the midpoint of the segment ACAC. Since ACAC is the hypotenuse of the right triangle APCAPC, it follows that ∣AT∣=∣PT∣=∣CT∣|AT| = |PT| = |CT|. Hence ∠CPT=ψ\angle CPT = \psi.

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Since ∠DPC\angle DPC is the exterior angle of the triangle BCPBCP, we have
∠DPC=∠PCB+∠PBC=φ+ψ \angle DPC = \angle PCB + \angle PBC = \varphi + \psi
so ∠DPT=φ\angle DPT = \varphi.

Applying the law of sines on triangles ABDABD and PDTPDT we get
∣AD∣∣AB∣=sin⁡∠ABDsin⁡∠ADB,∣DT∣∣PT∣=sin⁡∠DPTsin⁡∠PDT \frac{|AD|}{|AB|} = \frac{\sin \angle ABD}{\sin \angle ADB}, \quad \frac{|DT|}{|PT|} = \frac{\sin \angle DPT}{\sin \angle PDT}
and then
∣AD∣∣AB∣=sin⁡∠ABDsin⁡∠ADB=sin⁡φsin⁡(180∘−∠ADB)=sin⁡∠DPTsin⁡∠PDT=∣DT∣∣PT∣ \frac{|AD|}{|AB|} = \frac{\sin \angle ABD}{\sin \angle ADB} = \frac{\sin \varphi}{\sin (180^\circ - \angle ADB)} = \frac{\sin \angle DPT}{\sin \angle PDT} = \frac{|DT|}{|PT|}
Now it follows that
∣AD∣∣AC∣=∣AD∣∣AB∣=∣DT∣∣PT∣=∣AT∣−∣AD∣∣PT∣=12∣AC∣−∣AD∣12∣AC∣=1−2⋅∣AD∣∣AC∣ \frac{|AD|}{|AC|} = \frac{|AD|}{|AB|} = \frac{|DT|}{|PT|} = \frac{|AT| - |AD|}{|PT|} = \frac{\frac{1}{2}|AC| - |AD|}{\frac{1}{2}|AC|} = 1 - 2 \cdot \frac{|AD|}{|AC|}
so ∣AD∣:∣AC∣=1:3|AD| : |AC| = 1 : 3. The desired ratio is ∣AD∣:∣CD∣=1:2|AD| : |CD| = 1 : 2.

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