Triangle ABC; AB=c,BC=a,AC=b; angle bisector of angle (c,a) cuts AC in point E. Why is the following true? |AE|=bc/a+c Where does that come from?

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2022-08-06

Triangle A B C; A B = c , B C = a , A C = b; angle bisector of angle ( c, a) cuts A C in point E
Why is the following true?
| A E | = b c a + c
Where does that come from?

Answer & Explanation

Emely English

Emely English

Beginner2022-08-07Added 16 answers

Hint: We get
A E E C = c a
And
E C = b A E
then we get
b A E A E = c a
Katelyn Reyes

Katelyn Reyes

Beginner2022-08-08Added 6 answers

let β be half of the bisected angle, and θ denote the angle AEB.
then the sine rule in triangle AEB gives:
| A E | sin β = c sin θ
and the sine rule in triangle CEB gives:
| E C | sin β = a sin ( π θ )
since sin θ = sin ( π θ ) and | A E | + | E C | = b, the result follows

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