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Let point D D be on side A C AC of A B C \triangle ABC with A C = B C AC=BC . Point E E on segment B D BD is such that B D = 2 A D = 4 B E BD=2AD=4BE . Given that E D C = k D E C \angle EDC=k \angle DEC , find k k .


The answer is 2.

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A concrete example :

In A B C \triangle {ABC} , A C = B C = 7 , B D = 8 7 , B E = 2 7 , A D = 4 7 , C D = 3 7 |\overline {AC}|=|\overline {BC}|=\sqrt 7, |\overline {BD}|=\dfrac{8}{\sqrt 7}, |\overline {BE}|=\dfrac{2}{\sqrt 7}, |\overline {AD}|=\dfrac{4}{\sqrt 7},|\overline {CD}|=\dfrac{3}{\sqrt 7} . Let D E C = α , C D E = β \angle {DEC}=α, \angle {CDE}=β . Then sin β = 3 sin α , sin ( α + β ) = 2 sin α \sin β=\sqrt 3\sin α, \sin (α+β)=2\sin α . This yields cos α = 3 2 α = 30 ° \cos α=\dfrac{\sqrt 3}{2}\implies α=30\degree . So sin β = 3 sin α = 3 2 β = 60 ° β = 2 α \sin β=\sqrt 3\sin α=\dfrac{\sqrt 3}{2}\implies β=60\degree\implies β=2α . Hence k = 2 k=\boxed 2

Good, but please solve it more rigorously.

Nitin Kumar - 1 year, 3 months ago

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