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Geometry Problem 542: Crack the Geometric Puzzle: Proving Perpendicularity with Altitude and Angle Bisectors in a Right Triangle

In the figure, a right triangle ABC is shown with the altitude BD. AE bisects angle BAC, and BF bisects angle CBD. Prove that AE and BF are perpendicular.
 

Right triangle, angle bisector, perpendicular
 

 

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