Let be three non-overlapping triangles erected outside of acute triangle . Let be the midpoint of segment . Given that , , , and , compute .
Zuming Feng.
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Solution
Let be three non-overlapping triangles erected outside of acute triangle . Let be the midpoint of segment . Given that , , , and , we aim to compute .
Construct parallelogram .
Claim: .
Proof: Observe that , hence . Consequently,
Since and , we can use SSA similarity (since ) to conclude that .
Thus, it follows that
The answer is: .
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