I accidentally created this problem while solving INMO 1999 question 1 .
Let be an acute angled triangle in which are points on respectively such that ; ; and bisects internally. Suppose meets and (change) in and respectively. If , find the perimeter of the .
Answer in 3 significant digits. (Round to even method)
Hint: Please do not make any unnecessary assumptions.
Note: For those requesting clarification, I can guarantee that the problem is correct. If you can't solve, see solution.
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This is Megh Parikh
Order of F , N , M , C
case 1: F − M − N − C
Then N is mid-point of CF & E is midpoint AC => EN should be parallel to AF i.e AB. But that cant be true. (I have not twisted the question to become like this. This is how the question originally appeared to me.)
case 2: F − N − M − C
Applying meneleaus theorem in △ A C F with B E transversal E C A E ⋅ N F C N ⋅ A B F B = 1
Evaluating this we get 2 a = b .
Applying meneleaus theorem in △ B C F with A D transversal D C B D ⋅ M F C M ⋅ A B F A = 1
Evaluating this we get 5 c 2 = 2 1 a 2 .
Also we know that length of angle bisector is 4. a ⋅ b ⋅ ( 1 − ( a + b ) 2 c 2 ) = 4
Evaluating this we get a = 1 5 b = 2 1 5 c = 3 7