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Saudi Arabia Mathematical Competitions

Saudi Arabia geometry

Problem

Let be a rectangle of center , such that . The angle bisector of meets at . Lines and meet at and lines and meet at . Prove that lines and are parallel.

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Solution
We have , so . Since , we get , hence . Moreover , so triangle is equilateral.



Point is the centroid of , thus . is a parallelogram, hence . We get that is the centroid of , so .

Finally, since , we obtain that .

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleHomothetyAngle chasing