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    Re: Finding The Symmedian
    From: Gary LaPook
    Date: 2010 Dec 19, 00:51 -0800

    Herbert wrote:

    Several more or less obscure alternatives to the symmedian point have
    been proposed without any mathematical foundation or reasoning
    whatsoever. It is totally backwards to come up with a substitute for the
    symmedian point that is arguably more or less different from the MPP
    (dependent on the geometry of the situation) and then plot this wrong
    point with perfect accuracy. It makes by far more sense to find a quick
    and dirty method to plot the correct point.

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    See attached excerpts from Bowditch showing the use of the intersection of the bisectors as the fix.

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