4. (HUN) Construct a triangle whose lengths of heights and (from and , respectively) and length of median (from ) are given.
Solution
4. Analysis. Let and be the feet of the perpendiculars from and , respectively, to the opposite sides, the midpoint of , and let be the foot of the perpendicular from to . We then have , , and . Construction. We construct the quadrilateral (starting from the circle with diameter ). Then is the intersection of and , and is on the line such that and . Discussion. We must have and . The number of solutions is 0 if if two of are equal, and 2 otherwise.
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