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I treid drawing a picture then promptly got stuck... Halp!

 

- A very confused

\(tommarvoloriddle\)

 Jul 5, 2019
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Connect AK and extend it to meet BC at F.

By Ceva's theorem,

\(\dfrac{\text{AE}}{\text{EB}} \cdot \dfrac{\text{BF}}{\text{FC}} \cdot \dfrac{\text{CD}}{\text{DA}} = 1\\ \text{Let }\dfrac{\text{BF}}{\text{FC}} = k,\\ \dfrac{2}{3} \cdot k \cdot \dfrac{1}{2} = 1\\ k = 3\\ \text{BF}:\text{FC} = 3:1\)

By Menelaus' theorem,

\(\dfrac{\text{BF}}{\text{FC}} \cdot \dfrac{\text{CA}}{\text{AD}}\cdot \dfrac{\text{DK}}{\text{KB}} = 1\\ 3\cdot \dfrac{3}{2} \cdot \dfrac{\text{DK}}{\text{KB}} = 1\\ \boxed{\dfrac{\text{DK}}{\text{KB}} = \color{red}{\dfrac{2}{9}}}\)

 Jul 5, 2019
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Yay! Thank you, MaxWong!

tommarvoloriddle  Jul 5, 2019

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