On the boundary of triangle points are chosen so that when going around the perimeter, the points are encountered in the following order: . Given that , prove that two triangles formed by the triples of lines , and , have equal perimeters.
Solution
Let's begin with the following useful lemma.
Lemma. Let points and be chosen on sides and of parallelogram respectively, such that . Then point is equidistant from lines and (see Fig. 1).

Рис. 1
Proof. Since and , we have . As , it follows that the distances from point to lines and are equal.
Now let's proceed to the solution. Suppose the lines given in the condition form triangles and (points are labeled as in Fig. 2).
Choose point such that is a parallelogram; according to the lemma, point is equidistant from lines and ; therefore, there exists a circle centered at that is tangent to these lines at points and respectively. Then from the equality of tangent segments we obtain:

Рис. 2
Similarly, we get and . Adding these three equalities yields the required equality of perimeters.