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69th Belarusian Mathematical Olympiad

Belarus geometry

Problem

The internal bisectors of angles and of a quadrilateral intersect at the point , and the external bisectors of these angles intersect at the point . The internal bisectors of angles and intersect at the point , and the external bisectors of these angles intersect at the point . Prove that the angle between the lines and equals to the angle between the diagonals and .
Solution
Denote by the intersection point of the lines and , and by denote the intersection point of the lines and . Let be the intersection point of the lines and , and let be the intersection point of the lines and . The lines and are the altitudes of the triangle , hence . Similarly, . Thus it is enough to prove that the angle between the lines and equals to the angle between the lines and . Further we use only oriented angles. Since and , the quadrilateral is cyclic, hence Adding to both sides, we obtain Since and , we can write . Further, Using we get . Similarly . Therefore Similarly Subtracting (2) from (1) we obtain . Finally

Techniques

Angle chasingCyclic quadrilaterals