bisectors of angles....plzz help

how did we get x/y=c/b?

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Hari Shankar ·

That is the angle bisector theorem.

An easy way to see this is by looking at the ratios of the areas of \bigtriangleup{ABD} and \bigtriangleup{ADC} in two ways.

Since the altitudes are equal, they are in the ratio of the bases i.e x:y

Again \bigtriangleup{ABD} = \frac{1}{2} c \delta \sin \frac{A}{2} and \bigtriangleup{ADC} = \frac{1}{2} b \delta \sin \frac{A}{2}

giving the ratio as c:b

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rahul ·

This can also be proved as follows................

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