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Geometry Difficulty 5.5 AIME, harder Prove it Belarus

Given triangle ABCABC with AC=(AB+BC)/2AC = (AB + BC)/2. Let BLBL be the bisector of the angle ABCABC; let KK and MM be the midpoints of ABAB and BCBC respectively.
Find the value of the angle KLMKLM if ABC=β\angle ABC = \beta.

Solution

Answer: 90β/290^\circ - \beta/2.
Let point NN be marked on the side ACAC such that AN=0.5ABAN = 0.5 AB. Then, by condition, NC=ACAN=0.5(AB+BC)0.5AB=0.5BCNC = AC - AN = 0.5(AB + BC) - 0.5 AB = 0.5 BC. Therefore, AN:NC=AB:BCAN : NC = AB : BC. Since BLBL is a bisector of the angle ABCABC we have AL:LC=AB:BCAL : LC = AB : BC, so LL and NN coincide. Therefore the triangles KALKAL and MCLMCL are isosceles and
AKL=ALK=0.5(180BAC),CML=CLM=0.5(180BCA). \angle AKL = \angle ALK = 0.5(180^\circ - \angle BAC), \quad \angle CML = \angle CLM = 0.5(180^\circ - \angle BCA).
Thus,
KLM=180ALKCLM=1800.5(180BAC)0.5(180BCA)=0.5(BAC+BCA)=0.5(180ABC)=0.5(180β)=90β/2. \begin{aligned} \angle KLM &= 180^\circ - \angle ALK - \angle CLM \\ &= 180^\circ - 0.5(180^\circ - \angle BAC) - 0.5(180^\circ - \angle BCA) \\ &= 0.5(\angle BAC + \angle BCA) \\ &= 0.5(180^\circ - \angle ABC) \\ &= 0.5(180^\circ - \beta) \\ &= 90^\circ - \beta/2. \end{aligned}

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