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Geometry Difficulty 5.3 AIME, harder Prove it Ukraine

In a triangle ABCABC the angle AA is twice as big as the angle BB, and CDCD is the bisector of the angle CC. Prove that BC=AC+ADBC = AC + AD.

Solution

Let EE be a point on BCBC such that AEAE is perpendicular to CDCD. Then ACE\triangle ACE is isosceles, since the bisector of the angle CC is also an altitude of the triangle (fig. 23). Hence, AC=CEAC = CE. ADE\triangle ADE is isosceles, since the line CDCD is perpendicular to AEAE and divides AEAE in half (altitude is a median). So, we have:
AD=DE.(1) AD = DE. \quad (1)
Let B=α\angle B = \alpha, A=2α\angle A = 2\alpha, C=1803α\angle C = 180^\circ - 3\alpha. Then ADC=α+903α2=90α2\angle ADC = \alpha + 90^\circ - \frac{3\alpha}{2} = 90^\circ - \frac{\alpha}{2}, so ADE=180α\angle ADE = 180^\circ - \alpha, EDB=α=B\angle EDB = \alpha = \angle B, hence, DEB\triangle DEB is isosceles, i.e.,
BE=DE.(2) BE = DE. \quad (2)
From (1) and (2), we have AD=BEAD = BE. Finally, BC=CE+BE=AC+ADBC = CE + BE = AC + AD.

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