Math and Logic Puzzles: Redux

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Post Post #120 (isolation #0) » Fri May 22, 2020 2:01 pm

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I think I got it...

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Let's call the vertices of the triangle A, B, and C. And we'll call four of the extended points D, E, F, and G. I've also labeled the measures of the angles of the triangle: M_a, M_b, and M_c.

Notice that CD and EC have the same total length. This means that triangle CED is an isosceles triangle and angles CDE and DEC are equal to each other (as marked in the diagram). But we also know that the sum of the angles of triangle CED is 180 degrees. So:
180 = <DCE + <DEC + <CDE
180 = M_c + 2*<DEC
<DEC = <CDE = 90 - 0.5*M_c

Similarly, we can find that:
<BFG = <BGF = 90 - 0.5*M_b

Next, notice that triangle ADG is also isosceles, so <ADG = <AGD. Also we can see that <DAG and <BAC are equivalent angles. So <DAG = M_a and that means:
<ADG = <AGD = 90 - 0.5*M_a

Finally, calculate the sum of <FGD + <BED:
[<FGD] + [<BED]
= [(<BGF) + (<AGD)] + [<CED]
= [(90 - 0.5*M_b) + (90 - 0.5*M_a)] + [90 - 0.5*M_c]
= 270 - 0.5*M_a - 0.5*M_b - 0.5*Mc
= 270 - 0.5*(M_a + M_b + M_c)
= 270 - 0.5*180 = 270 - 90 = 180

So <FGD + <BED = 180 and it can be similarly shown that <EDG + <CFG = 180 as well. This means that quadrilateral DEFG is cyclic, so it's vertices must all fall on the same circle.

And this same method can be used to show that the other two extended points fall on the same circle as well.
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Post Post #121 (isolation #1) » Fri May 22, 2020 2:06 pm

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Here's a new one:

A man goes to the bank to cash a check. The cashier accidentally gives the man dollars for cents and cents for dollars by mistake. The man spends a nickel and then goes home only to notice that the amount of money that he has is double the amount of the check. How much was the check?
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