If the slopes of bisectors are rational numbers, the slopes of sides are also rational numbers

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Let $m_1, m_2, m_3$ be the slopes of the cartesian equations of the sides of a triangle of which no side is parallel to y-axis, and let $s_1,s_2,s_3$ be the slopes of the cartesian equations of the internal angle bisectors of the same triangle. The axes are orthogonal. Then we may say:

If $s_1,s_2,s_3$ are rational numbers, then $m_1, m_2, m_3$ are also rational numbers.

Any hints? This theorem seems a bit counterintuitive, because we cannot state the reverse or reciprocal of it.

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$\tan(2t) =\dfrac{2\tan(t)}{1-\tan^2(t)} $ so if $\tan(t)$ is rational so is $\tan(2t)$.