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equal segments in a parallelogram given, angle wanted

Source: Dutch NMO 2017 p2

September 7, 2019
geometryparallelogramanglesequal segments

Problem Statement

A parallelogram ABCDABCD with AD=BD|AD| =|BD| has been given. A point EE lies on line segment BD|BD| in such a way that AE=DE|AE| = |DE|. The (extended) line AEAE intersects line segment BCBC in FF. Line DFDF is the angle bisector of angle CDECDE. Determine the size of angle ABDABD. [asy] unitsize (3 cm);
pair A, B, C, D, E, F;
D = (0,0); A = dir(250); B = dir(290); C = B + D - A; E = extension((A + D)/2, (A + D)/2 + rotate(90)*(A - D), B, D); F = extension(A, E, B, C);
draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(A--F--D--B);
dot("AA", A, SW); dot("BB", B, SE); dot("CC", C, NE); dot("DD", D, NW); dot("EE", E, S); dot("FF", F, SE); [/asy]