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62nd Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad

Ukraine geometry

Problem

Let be the midpoint of the median of the triangle . On the side there is a point such that and , and on the side there is a point such that and . Prove that the points lie on the same circle.

(Mykhailo Shtandenko)

problem
Fig. 19
Solution
Let be the middle of , and be the middle of . Then the points , and lie on the same line—the midline of which is parallel to (fig. 19).

Then we have that , so the quadrilateral is inscribed, and similarly is also inscribed.

Therefore, , so the points , , and lie on the same circle, hence , so the quadrilateral is inscribed, which is what we needed to prove.

Remarks: In this configuration, the quadrilateral is harmonic.

Techniques

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