Given a triangle with , . Points and belong to the sides and , respectively, so that and . Points and belong to the sides and so that and . Show that .
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Let be such that and are in a different half planes with respect to , and is isosceles and has right angle . Then segments and are equal and parallel (, ), hence is a parallelogram (Fig. 21). Thus, , and also , hence . Thus is a parallelogram. Thus, and . Therefore, and is a parallelogram. Hence and .

Fig. 21
Finally,
Solution 2
Let and intersect at , is a midpoint of , is a midpoint of (Fig. 22). Thus, medians in right triangles and equal half of hypotenuses. Therefore:
Also, , hence . We can show that . Also, , that is an angle between and .
Thus, it suffices to show that is parallel to bisector of .
Let is a midpoint of , is a midpoint of (Fig. 23) where is a bisector of . and finish the proof.
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