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Geometry Difficulty 5.9 AIME, harder Prove it

[ Triangle Inequality ] [ [MT with non-zero area

Given points AA and BB. Find the geometric locus of points, the distance from each of which to point AA is greater than the distance to point BB.

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Solution

Use the property of the perpendicular bisector of a segment and the triangle inequality.

## Solution

The perpendicular bisector of segment ABA B divides the plane into two half-planes. Consider the half-plane containing point BB. We will prove that for any point MM in this half-plane, AM>BMA M > B M. Indeed, since points AA and MM lie in different half-planes with boundary ll, segment AMA M intersects line ll at some point DD. By the property of the perpendicular bisector, AD=BDA D = B D, therefore

BM<AM B M < A M

If BMAMB M \geq A M, this would contradict the condition.

## Answer

The half-plane containing the point, with the boundary being the perpendicular bisector of the segment.

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