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Spring Mathematical Tournament

Bulgaria geometry

Problem

Given a . A circle through and intersects the sides and at points and , respectively. Let be the midpoint of the arc lying in the triangle. Set , , and . Prove that:

a) ;

b) if is a parallelogram, it is a rhombus.
Solution
Let .

a) Since , the quadrilaterals and are cyclic. Then and hence . Analogously .

b) Since , then . Hence It follows that which gives , i.e. is a cyclic quadrilateral. Then i.e. . So and therefore the parallelogram is a rhombus.

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing