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Saudi Arabia geometry
Problem
is a triangle, its centroid and , , the midpoints of its sides , , , respectively. Prove that if the quadrilateral is cyclic then


Solution
First solution. Because is cyclic, we have . Because is parallel to , we have . We deduce that But triangles , have the same area which is half of the area of triangle . We deduce that and therefore We proceed in a similar way, by considering triangles and , obtaining and deduce the relation
Second solution. Lets us consider the power of the point with respect to the circumcircle of the cyclic quadrilateral . We have But and . We deduce that Similarly, by considering the power of the point with respect to the circumcircle of the cyclic quadrilateral , we obtain From these two relations we deduce easily that
Third solution (Contains also a proof for the converse). We can see from the first solution that the quadrilateral is cyclic if and only if This is equivalent to saying that the line is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle . This property is equivalent to saying that by using the power of the point with respect to this circumcircle. But We deduce that is cyclic if and only if Now, using the formulas for the medians we deduce that the relation is equivalent to which is equivalent to which is equivalent to either or is cyclic.
Second solution. Lets us consider the power of the point with respect to the circumcircle of the cyclic quadrilateral . We have But and . We deduce that Similarly, by considering the power of the point with respect to the circumcircle of the cyclic quadrilateral , we obtain From these two relations we deduce easily that
Third solution (Contains also a proof for the converse). We can see from the first solution that the quadrilateral is cyclic if and only if This is equivalent to saying that the line is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle . This property is equivalent to saying that by using the power of the point with respect to this circumcircle. But We deduce that is cyclic if and only if Now, using the formulas for the medians we deduce that the relation is equivalent to which is equivalent to which is equivalent to either or is cyclic.
Techniques
Cyclic quadrilateralsTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTriangle trigonometryTangentsAngle chasing