Line in Right Triangle

Geometry Level 4

(The diagram is approximately correct but not drawn in scale.)

As shown in the diagram, there is a right triangle A B C ABC , which A B C = 90 ° \angle ABC=90° . Points E , D E, D lie on line A C AC such that A E B = A B D \angle AEB=\angle ABD . Point G G lies on line B C BC such that G E = G D GE=GD . If G E = 30 GE=30 , find the length of B G BG .


The answer is 30.

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1 solution

Chan Tin Ping
Dec 9, 2018

Consider the circumcircle of triangle B D E BDE as O O . As A E B = A B D \angle AEB=\angle ABD , we can conclude line A B AB is the tangent of circle O O , which tangential point is B B . As line B C BC is perpendicular to line A B AB at the tangential point B B , we can conclude the circumcenter of triangle B D E BDE lies on line B C BC .

As G E = G D GE=GD , point G G lies on the perpendicular bisector of line D E DE . As the circumcenter of triangle also must lies on perpendicular bisector of its side, and also G G lies on line B C BC , we can conclude that G G is the circumcenter of triangle B D E BDE . Hence, B G = G E = 30 BG=GE=\large 30 .

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