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Construct a rectangle

Source: Czech and Slovak MO, 2002, P5

September 15, 2012
geometryrectangleanalytic geometrytrigonometryparameterizationconicsgraphing lines

Problem Statement

A triangle KLMKLM is given in the plane together with a point AA lying on the half-line opposite to KLKL. Construct a rectangle ABCDABCD whose vertices B,CB, C and DD lie on the lines KM,KLKM, KL and LMLM, respectively. (We allow the rectangle to be a square.)