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Geometry Stumper
08-14-2018, 01:45 PM (This post was last modified: 08-14-2018 06:42 PM by Albert Chan.)
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Geometry Stumper
I got the interesting problem from book Return of the Straight Dope

Solution is on the web (link below), but try not to peek.

Can Cecil solve this geometry stumper ?

Quote:Dear Cecil:

The following geometry problem has haunted me for 30 years. Every math teacher,
Ph.D., engineer, etc., I've shown it to was stumped. Now it's your turn.

Given any triangle ABC, extend the baseline and bisect the interior and exterior angles at A and B.
Extend these four new lines until they intersect at D and E. Prove DCE is a straight line.
(It looks straight, but no one can prove it.) How about it?

— John Ricketts, Madison, Wisconsin

Code:
 D
                 C
                                   E
             
            
         
 F       A ------------------ B    Z
             Triangle base

Point D:
Angle(FAC) = 2 * Angle(FAD)
Angle(ABC) = 2 * Angle(ABD)

Point E:
Angle(ZBC) = 2 * Angle(ZBE)
Angle(BAC) = 2 * Angle(BAE)

Prove: DCE is a straight line
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Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 08-14-2018 01:45 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Thomas Puettmann - 08-14-2018, 06:04 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 08-14-2018, 06:58 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Thomas Puettmann - 08-14-2018, 08:35 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 08-15-2018, 12:39 AM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Voldemar - 08-15-2018, 06:38 AM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 08-15-2018, 11:14 AM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Voldemar - 08-15-2018, 11:56 AM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 08-15-2018, 12:29 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Voldemar - 08-15-2018, 01:16 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 08-15-2018, 07:57 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Thomas Puettmann - 08-15-2018, 07:29 AM
RE: Geometry Stumper - jwhsu - 08-16-2018, 12:30 AM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 08-15-2018, 02:55 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 08-15-2018, 07:23 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Thomas Puettmann - 08-16-2018, 04:04 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Paul Dale - 08-17-2018, 06:29 AM
RE: Geometry Stumper - brickviking - 08-21-2018, 12:01 AM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Thomas Puettmann - 08-15-2018, 09:46 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 08-15-2018, 11:02 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Thomas Puettmann - 08-16-2018, 08:26 AM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 08-16-2018, 06:46 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 09-03-2018, 01:59 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 10-04-2018, 07:58 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 02-24-2019, 02:37 PM
RE: Geometry Stumper - Albert Chan - 02-25-2019, 06:05 AM



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