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Saudi Arabia Mathematical Competitions 2012

Saudi Arabia 2012 geometry

Problem

Let be a pentagon with . Prove that

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Solution
It is clear that and . Let be the intersection point of lines and . The inequality is equivalent to Using the Law of Sines in triangles and , we get that (1) is equivalent to so , which is clearly true. We have equality if and only if , hence . This means is a rhombus, and and are the midpoints of and respectively.

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