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58th Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad

Ukraine geometry

Problem

In triangle , perpendicular bisector of the side intersects the angle bisector in point , is such point that , , and points and lie on different sides from the segment . Prove that the line divides the segment in two equal segments.

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Solution
Let be the point, symmetrical to with respect to (Fig. 4). Obviously, to prove the statement, it suffices to prove that . Notice that points lie on the same line. Also, Which means the quadrilateral is inscribed, and which proves the parallelism.

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsIsogonal/isotomic conjugates, barycentric coordinatesAngle chasing