The points and are chosen on the bisector of a triangle such that . is a point inside the triangle such that and . Find .
Solution
Answer: .
Let . The triangles and are similar, therefore . Let be the midpoint of the arc of the circumcircle of the triangle . Then belongs to the line and . Both and belong to the perpendicular bisector of the segment , hence , so the quadrilateral is inscribed. Then
Analogously we have , therefore the quadrilateral is inscribed also and . Thus, the triangle is equilateral and
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