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IMO 2009 Problem 4

  • Day 2
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Let △ABC\triangle ABC be a triangle with AB=ACAB = AC. The angle bisectors of ∠CAB\angle CAB and ∠ABC\angle ABC meet the sides BCBC and CACA at DD and EE, respectively. Let KK be the incenter of triangle ADCADC. Suppose that ∠BEK=45∘\angle BEK = 45^\circ. Find all possible values of ∠CAB\angle CAB.

(This problem was suggested by Peter Vandendriessche and Jan Vonk from Belgium and by Hojoo Lee from South Korea.)

Dataset text MathNet. Quoted with source.

Official text: IMO 2009 official English paper, page 2.

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60° or 90°

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