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Iranian Mathematical Olympiad

Iran geometry

Problem

Four metal pieces are joined to each other to form a quadrilateral in the space. The angle between them can vary freely. In a case that the quadrilateral is not planar, we mark one point of each piece such that the points lie in a plane. Prove that these four points are always coplanar as the quadrilateral varies.

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Solution
Let quadrilateral that these four pieces form in the space be and we marked points and on sides and respectively, so that the marked points are on a plane named . Let and be the distances from and to respectively. So we have





Now varies, let be the plane passing through . Suppose that and are the distances of and to respectively. Thus



So must be on too.

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