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Romanian Mathematical Olympiad

Geometry Difficulty 7.0 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Romania

The triangle ABCABC has ∠BAC=54∘\angle BAC = 54^\circ and ∠ACB=45∘\angle ACB = 45^\circ. Let DD and EE be points on the segments BCBC and, respectively, ADAD so that AD=ABAD = AB and BE=BDBE = BD. Denote FF the common point of the lines BEBE and ACAC, and let DMDM be the bisector of the angle ∠ADF\angle ADF, where M∈ACM \in AC. The perpendicular from CC on ABAB meets DMDM in GG. Prove that:

a) the triangle ABFABF is isosceles;

b) CG=CMCG = CM.

Solution

a) From the statement, ∠ABC=81∘\angle ABC = 81^\circ and, in the isosceles triangle ABDABD, ∠ADB=∠ABD=81∘\angle ADB = \angle ABD = 81^\circ, hence ∠DAB=18∘\angle DAB = 18^\circ and ∠CAD=∠CAB−∠DAB=36∘\angle CAD = \angle CAB - \angle DAB = 36^\circ.
The isosceles triangle BEDBED yields ∠BED=∠BDE=81∘\angle BED = \angle BDE = 81^\circ, therefore ∠DBE=18∘\angle DBE = 18^\circ, whence ∠ABF=∠ABC−∠EBD=63∘\angle ABF = \angle ABC - \angle EBD = 63^\circ.

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From the triangle ABFABF, ∠ABF=63∘\angle ABF = 63^\circ and ∠FAB=54∘\angle FAB = 54^\circ, hence ∠AFB=63∘\angle AFB = 63^\circ, that is triangle ABFABF is isosceles, with AF=ABAF = AB.

b) The relations AD=ABAD = AB and AF=ABAF = AB lead to AF=ADAF = AD, so the triangle AFDAFD is isosceles, with ∠AFD=∠ADF=180∘−∠FAD2=72∘\angle AFD = \angle ADF = \frac{180^\circ - \angle FAD}{2} = 72^\circ. Since DMDM is the bisector of the angle ADFADF, ∠ADM=∠FDM=∠ADF2=36∘\angle ADM = \angle FDM = \frac{\angle ADF}{2} = 36^\circ. The triangle AMDAMD gives ∠MAD=∠ADM=36∘\angle MAD = \angle ADM = 36^\circ, therefore ∠CMD=72∘\angle CMD = 72^\circ.
From CG⊥ABCG \perp AB follows ∠ACG=90∘−∠CAB=36∘\angle ACG = 90^\circ - \angle CAB = 36^\circ, so the triangle CMGCMG has ∠ACG=36∘\angle ACG = 36^\circ and ∠CMG=72∘\angle CMG = 72^\circ. This gives ∠CGM=72∘\angle CGM = 72^\circ, that is the triangle CMGCMG is isosceles, with CG=CMCG = CM.

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