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Isosceles Right Triangles (Posted on 2005-10-19)

Let BAC be an arbitrary triangle with external squares ABIJ, BCKL, and CAMN. IBLP, KCNQ, and MAJR are parallelograms. Prove that PAQ, QBR, and RCP are isosceles right triangles.

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re: Parting shot

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(In reply to Parting shot by McWorter)

I thought it was PA that was equal and orthogonal to AQ (PAQ an isosceles right triangle).

Posted by Charlie on 2005-10-26 14:55:59

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