26 POINTS, LINES CONNECTED WITH A TRIANGLE

A
Figure 1.9D

4. Let ABC be an isosceles triangle with equal angles 80' at B and C.

Cevians BD and CE divide L B and L C into
60°+ 20' and 30°+ SO',
as in Figure 1.9E.Find L EDB.

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B C
Figure 1.9E

5. If two lines through one vertex of an equilateral triangle divide the

semicircle drawn outward on the opposite side into three equal arcs,
these same lines divide the side itself into three equal line segments.
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so that
y = 8.
(This solution was contributed by Daniel Sokolowski.)
4. Let DF, pardelto BC, meet AB at F. Let CF meet BD at G.
Sice ABCG isequilateral, BG = BC. Since ACBE isisosceles,
BE = BC. Hence ABGE isisosceles,
兰利问题参考证法 LBGE = 80°, LFGE = 40".
Since LEFG =40°, AFEG is isosceles and FE = EG. Also,
DF = DG. Hence AGDE s AFDE, D E bisects LFDG, and
L W B = 3oo.

5. The ends of the equal arcs are four vertices of a regular hexagon
whose remaining two vertices are the midpoints of two sides of the
equilateral triangle. Extending these sides by half their lengths, we
obtain a larger equilateral triangle whose three sides contain alternate
sides of the hexagon. The whole pattern now becomes clear.

Section 2.1
1. -R?. Thecenter.

2. A concentric circle.

3. The length of either tangent.

5. R ( R
R - 2r
- 2r) = 195
2 0.
- 2rR = 8 2 0. But R > 0. Hence

6. The power is C - R? = -2rR.

7. Writing P for A and A for X in Figure 1.2C, we have

+
BC(PA* BA X AC) = P C X BA PBr X AC, +
that is,
BC(PA*+CAXAB)+PBPXCA+POXAB = 0.