All the angles of the hexagon $ABCDEF$ are equal. Prove that \[AB-DE=EF-BC=CD-FA \]
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oneplusone
09.11.2010 13:26
$FA$ intersect $BC,DE$ at $G,I$ and $BC$ intersect $DE$ at $H$. Then $ABG,CDH,EFI,GHI$ are all equilateral triangles with sides $a,b,c,s$. Then $AB-ED=a-s+b+c=a+b+c-s$ and the rest are the same.
huashiliao2020
08.05.2023 22:37
All of the exterior angles of the hexagon are 60 degrees. Then if AF, BC, and DE pairwise intersect (AF-BC, AF-DE, BC-DE) at L, M, and N, respectively, we have equilateral triangles FEN, ABL, CDN, and LMN. Then AB-DE=AB-(MN-ME-DN)=AB-MN+EF+CD. Since there is nothing special about AB and DE, and this equation is cyclic over AB, EF, CD, and we have our desired result.
parmenides51
15.08.2024 20:17
Problem is an old one: ASU 045 All Russian MO 1964 8.5a 10.3a
parmenides51
28.09.2024 18:32
Lines AF, BC meet at K
Lines BC,ED meet at L
Lines FA, ED meet at M
Triangle kLM is equilateral
Let AB=a, BC=b, CD=c, DE=d, EF=e, FA=f
Triangles KAB, LCD, EFM are equilateral with sides a,c,e resp
so KL=LM=MK which gives a+b+c=c+d+e=e+f+a