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Indija mo 2011

India 2011 geometry

Problem

Let be a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle . Let , , , be the midpoints of the arcs , , , of the circle . Suppose . Prove that , , , are concurrent.

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Solution


Let be the radius of the circle . Observe that . Hence . Similarly, . But . Thus . We hence get

Similarly, we obtain .

Therefore by Ptolemy's theorem. By the given hypothesis, this gives . Thus using AM-GM inequality. This implies that . But and are the chords of , so that and . We obtain . It follows that , implying that . Thus and are two diameters of . Using , we conclude that and are also two diameters of . Hence , , and all pass through the centre of .

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