Angle Bisectors of Quadrilateral

Geometry Level 2

If the angle bisectors of two opposite angles of a quadrilateral meet together on a diagonal, will the other two angle bisectors also meet on the other diagonal?

Yes, always No, never Yes, but only sometimes

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Let the angle bisectors of B A D \angle BAD and B C D \angle BCD meet at point F F on diagonal B D BD . Let E E , G G be the feet of the angle bisectors of A B C \angle ABC and A D C \angle ADC respectively.

By angle bisector theorem on A B D \triangle ABD and C B D \triangle CBD we have

A B A D = F B F D C B C D = F B F D } A B A D = C B C D A B C B = A D C D ( 1 ) \left. \begin{matrix} \dfrac{AB}{AD}=\dfrac{FB}{FD} \\[1em] \dfrac{CB}{CD}=\dfrac{FB}{FD} \\ \end{matrix} \right\}\Rightarrow \dfrac{AB}{AD}=\dfrac{CB}{CD}\Rightarrow \dfrac{AB}{CB}=\dfrac{AD}{CD} \ \ \ \ \ (1) By angle bisector theorem on A B C \triangle ABC A B C B = A E E C ( 2 ) \frac{AB}{CB}=\frac{AE}{EC} \ \ \ \ \ (2) Using the same theorem on A D C \triangle ADC A D C D = A G G C ( 3 ) \frac{AD}{CD}=\frac{AG}{GC} \ \ \ \ \ (3) ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) A E E C = A G G C \left( 1 \right),\left( 2 \right),\left( 3 \right)\Rightarrow \frac{AE}{EC}=\frac{AG}{GC} This means that points E E and G G divide internaly the segment A C AC in the same ratio, hence they coincide. The answer is Y e s , a l w a y s \boxed{Yes, always} .

Solved it the same way :)

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Shubhrajit Sadhukhan - 6 months, 3 weeks ago

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I used Geogebra . First triangle A B D ABD , then angle bisector A F AF . Then two arcs that subtend the same angle α α on segments B F BF and F D FD . Their intersection gave point C C . B E BE is the angle bisector of A B C \angle ABC . G G is an arbitrary point close to E E . I hope that helps.

Thanos Petropoulos - 6 months, 3 weeks ago

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Thanks! I also downloaded the same app for this purpose but I can't use the tools properly :( It seems I need to watch some tutorials.

Shubhrajit Sadhukhan - 6 months, 3 weeks ago

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