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Geometry Difficulty 5.7 AIME, harder Prove it Ukraine

A point MM lies on the side BCBC of an equilateral triangle ABCABC (MM is distinct from the vertices). A point NN is chosen in such a way that the triangle BMNBMN is also equilateral, and the points AA and NN belong to the different half-planes with respect to the straight line BCBC. The points PP, QQ and RR are the midpoints of the segments ABAB, BNBN and CMCM respectively. Prove that the triangle PQRPQR is equilateral as well.

Solution

Нехай SS — така точка, що чотирикутник PBQSPBQS є паралелограмом, LL — точка перетину прямих QSQS і BMBM, FF — середина BCBC. Тоді нескладно довести, що PS=QL=FRPS = QL = FR, PF=QS=LRPF = QS = LR, PSQ=QLR=RFP\angle PSQ = \angle QLR = \angle RFP, а тому трикутники PSQPSQ, QLRQLR, RFPRFP є рівними. Звідси й випливає твердження задачі.

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