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Six congruent isosceles triangles have been put together as described in the picture below. Prove that points M, F, C lie on one line.
##### Source of the problem
Israel MO 2019 Problem 3
Geometry
6/10
##### Suggested Book
Challenges and Thrills of PreCollege Mathematics

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You need to show that M, F, C lie on a straight line. Observe that it can be shown that they are collinear if we can show that $\angle EFM = \angle CFD$.  We will now proceed towards proving in this direction.
Let’s investigate the triangle FDC. Observe that EF = AD and AD = AC. This results in the fact that FDC is isosceles and $\angle FDC = \pi – \angle EDA$.
Now, we will try to infer something about triangle MEF. Observe that KM || HI as $\angle MKJ = \angle KJH$. Hence KHIM must be a parallelogram. Hence, KH || MI. Also, $\angle KHI =\angle HIG$.  Hence, KH || EG.  Hence, it implies from  KH || MI and KH || EG, that M,E,I,G are collinear.
Now, this diagram ends it all. Observe that MI = KH. Also, EI = LJ. Hence, ME = KL = EP. Hence, MEF is isosceles.  Also, $\angle MEF = \pi – \angle GEF = \pi – \angle EDA = \angle FDC$. Hence, triangle MEF is similar to triangle FDC. This implies that $\angle EFM = \angle DFC$.

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