Diagonals AC and BD of the quadrangle ABCD intersect at point O. We know that diagonal BD is perpendicular to the side AD, ∠BAD=∠BCD=60∘, ∠ADC=135∘. Find the ratio DO:OB.
Fig. 1 Answer: 1:2.
Solution
Under the problem statement we can easily find the following angles (fig.1): ∠ABD=30∘, ∠BDC=45∘, ∠DBC=75∘. Let's draw rays ADE and ABF. Then ∠EDC=45∘, ∠FBC=75∘. Therefore BC is a bisector of ∠DBF and DC is a bisector of ∠BDE, which implies that AC is a bisector of ∠BAD. The last statement is easily proved by the locus of the bisector. Thus ∠BAO=30∘ and ∠AOB is an isosceles triangle. Therefore AO=BO and DO=21AO as △ADO is right-angled triangle with an angle of 30∘. From this we find that OBDO=21.
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