A Very Special Right Triangle

Geometry Level 5

Right triangle △ A B C ABC (right angle C B A CBA ) is very special:

A D \overline{AD} bisects angle B A C BAC .

B E \overline{BE} is perpendicular to A C \overline{AC} .

C F \overline{CF} bisects A B \overline{AB} into A F = B F = 1 \overline{AF}=\overline{BF}=1 .

And most importantly, A D \overline{AD} , B E \overline{BE} , and C F \overline{CF} all intersect each other at the same exact point P P .

Diagram (*not to scale):

Given that C B \overline{CB} lies along the x x -axis, and that point B B is at the origin, what is the absolute value of the x x -coordinate of E E , to the nearest hundred-thousandeth?


The answer is 0.97174.

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Ahmad Saad
Jun 29, 2017

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