Triangles and Quadrilaterals

Some of my Favorite Problems, Part I

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BE ⊥ CA, CF ⊥ AB

E ⇒ MEF is isosceles with base EF

B C
M
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∠BEC = 90° ⇒ MB ===

∠BFC = MF ME MC

B C
M
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A
H is orthocenter of ABC, M is midpoint of side BC

MH ⊥ KL
H L

⇒ MLK is isosceles with base LK

K

B M C
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A
MP = MH ⇒ HBPC is a parallelogram
E

F L
= 180° − ∠BHC
∠PBH = 180° − ∠EHF
= ∠FAE
H

∠LKA = ∠HKF = 90° − ∠FHK

K
= 90° − ∠CHL = ∠PHC = ∠HPB

⇒ ∆AKL  ∆BPH
B D C
M

∠MBH =∠CBE =90° – ∠ACB =∠DAC =∠HAL

P ⇒ KH : LH = PM : HM = 1 ⇒ KH = LH
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A A

F A

L B M C
B C
M

K H

B M C
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D
F

CK = CJ
C

J
E
K

A B
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CJ AC b
= =
BJ BF a
D
F
BJ =BC − CJ =a − CJ

C CJ b
⇒ =
a − CJ a
J
E
K ⇔ a ⋅ CJ = ab − b ⋅ CJ
P
ab
⇔ CJ =
A B a+b

CK BC a CK a ab
= = ⇒ = ⇔ b ⋅ CK = ab − a ⋅ CK ⇔ CK = ⇒ CK =
CJ
AK AE b b − CK b a+b
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E N
K
CE = FG

C M A
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∠BEC = 90°, ∠CFA = 90°, ∠AFG = 90°

B
∠CGA = ∠CBA ⇒ ∆FAG  ∆CAB
F CA
⇒ FA = FG ⋅
CB
K E
N ∠ACF = ∠ACB − ∠ECB
= 90° − ∠ECB = ∠CBE

A
⇒ ∆EBC  ∆FCA
C M
CB
⇒ CE = FA ⋅
CA
CA CB
⇒ CE = FG ⋅ ⋅ = FG
CB CA
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