8.6. Points and are the midpoints of sides and of quadrilateral . It is known that and . Find the angle between the lines and .
Problem 780
Official solution
Answer: .
Solution. First method. Construct parallelogram and rectangle (see Fig. 8.6a). Since and , then is also a parallelogram. Therefore, the midpoint of its diagonal is also the midpoint of diagonal .
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In triangle and . Therefore, this triangle is equilateral. Hence, its median is also its bisector, so , which means .
Second method. Draw perpendiculars and to line (see Fig. 8.6b). Let . Since , then .
By Thales' theorem, , so is the midline of trapezoid . Then .
. From triangle by the Pythagorean theorem, we get that , then , and .
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“+" A complete and well-justified solution is provided
" " A generally correct solution is provided, containing minor gaps or inaccuracies, for example, in the first method, correct additional constructions are made and the correct answer is obtained using the fact that is a parallelogram, but this is not separately proven
“Ғ” The idea of additional construction is present, but there is no further progress
“-" Only the answer is provided
“-" An incorrect solution is provided or it is absent