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Geometry Difficulty 5.9 AIME, harder Prove it

Show that the feet of the perpendiculars drawn from the vertices of an isosceles trapezoid to its diagonals are the vertices of an isosceles trapezoid.

Solution

Ha az egyenközény átlóinak metszéspontja OO és a merőlegesek talppontjai rendre A1,B1,C1,D1A_{1}, B_{1}, C_{1}, D_{1}, akkor

DD1OBB1O eˊAA1OCC1O D D_{1} O \triangle \cong B B_{1} O \triangle \quad \text { és } \quad A A_{1} O \triangle \cong C C_{1} O \triangle

miért is

D1O=B1O eˊA1O=C1O D_{1} O=B_{1} O \quad \text { és } \quad A_{1} O=C_{1} O

Minthogy az A1B1C1D1A_{1} B_{1} C_{1} D_{1} négyszög átlói egymást felezik, azért e négyszög egyenközény.

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If the intersection point of the diagonals of the rhombus is OO and the feet of the perpendiculars are A1,B1,C1,D1A_{1}, B_{1}, C_{1}, D_{1}, respectively, then

DD1OBB1O and AA1OCC1O D D_{1} O \triangle \cong B B_{1} O \triangle \quad \text { and } \quad A A_{1} O \triangle \cong C C_{1} O \triangle

why is it that

D1O=B1O and A1O=C1O D_{1} O=B_{1} O \quad \text { and } \quad A_{1} O=C_{1} O

Since the diagonals of the quadrilateral A1B1C1D1A_{1} B_{1} C_{1} D_{1} bisect each other, this quadrilateral is a rhombus.

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