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Ireland 2023 geometry

Problem

The points , , , are collinear, and is a parallelogram. The lines and meet at . The lines and meet at . The lines and meet at . The lines and meet at . Prove that is parallel to .

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Solution
The Intercept Theorem applied to and lines intersecting at gives



Considering lines that intersect at , we obtain in a similar way

Taking into account , these two equations imply . Since and are parallel, this implies that is a parallelogram.

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