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In triangle $\triangle ABC$, if $AD$ is the angle bisector of angle $\angle A$ then prove that $BD=\frac{BC \times AB}{AC + AB}$.

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    This follows almost directly from this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_bisector_theorem2012-06-07

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We are going to use "Law of sines":

$\triangle ABD: \frac{BD}{\sin A/2}=\frac{AD}{\sin B}$

For $\triangle ACD: \frac{DC}{\sin A/2}=\frac{AD}{\sin C}$

From these: $\frac{BD}{DC} = \frac{\sin C}{\sin B}$ But from

$\triangle ABC: \frac{\sin C}{\sin B} = \frac{AB}{AC}$ So $\frac{BD}{DC}=\frac{AB}{AC}$ Finally, we rearrange: $\frac{BD}{AB} = \frac{DC}{AC}=\frac{BD+DC=BC}{AB+AC} \;$