HELPP... Prove the equivalence: ACB = 30 only if BD = 2*MD

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Please help mee!!!!!! In triangle $ABC$, $BAC=90^\circ$, $M$ is its middle $ [BC]$ and $BD\perp AM$, $D\in(AC)$. Prove the equivalence: :: $$ ACB = 30^\circ \iff BD = 2\cdot MD $$

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As you can see I could demonstrate the fact that if $ACB$ is $30^\circ$ then $BD=2\cdot MD$ But I don't know how to do the opposite of it. I know that usually the idea is the same...but no idea came into my mind. Any idea is welcome! Thank you!!!!

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As cab be seen in figure,E is mid point of BD, so :

$EM||AC$

$AM\bot ED$, so quadrilateral AEMD is rhombus and :

$ME=AD=ED=AE=MD=\frac {BD}2\Rightarrow BD=2 MD$

Also:

$\widehat{DBM}=30^o$

Triangle BAD and BMD are congruent, because:

$\angle ADB=\angle BDM=60^o$ , so $\angle ABD=\angle DBC$, which gives:

$\angle ABC=60^o \Rightarrow \angle ACB=30^o$

Update: Answer to your questions in your comment:

1- Itriangle BDC, the midpoints of sides BD and BC are conneted so $EM||DC$. We have:

$AE=\frac{BD}2=EM=ND=ED$

This together with facts $ED\bot MA$ and $EM||AD$ are enough to conclude that AEMD is a rhombus. So $MD||AE$.

2- If $BD=2 MD$ that means in right angle triangle BDM:

$\angle DBM=30^o \Rightarrow \angle BDM=60^o$

In rhombus AEMD. diagonal ED bisects angle ADM, so $\angle ADM=120^o$

This angle is exterior to to right angle triangle MDC, where:

$\angle DMC=90^o \Rightarrow \angle MCD=120-90=30^o $

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I am using the same figure used by sirous since I have no means to draw a diagram now:

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Due to the mid-point theorem, we have that $EM||AC$. Also, we have $AE = BD/2 = MD$. Thus, quad. $AEMD$, is a parallelogram or an isosceles trapezium. Suppose it is an isosceles trapezium. Then $\angle AEM = \angle EMD$.
But $\angle AEM = \angle DEA + \angle DEM = \angle DEA + \angle EMD > \angle EMD$. We arrive at a contradiction, and hence $AEDM$ is a parallelogram.
Since the diagonals are perpendicular, it is also a rhombus. We can complete the required proof from here in many ways.