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Estonia geometry
Problem
Triangle satisfies . Medians and intersect at . Let be the midpoint of the line segment .
a. Prove that if then the quadrilateral is cyclic.
b. Does it hold that if the quadrilateral is cyclic then ?
a. Prove that if then the quadrilateral is cyclic.
b. Does it hold that if the quadrilateral is cyclic then ?
Solution
Let and . Then , and . Thus if and only if or, equivalently, . The quadrilateral is cyclic if and only if , i.e., . The latter simplifies to , too. Hence if and only if the quadrilateral is cyclic, which solves both parts of the problem.
Final answer
Yes; GP = GD if and only if quadrilateral CEPD is cyclic.
Techniques
Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsRadical axis theoremDistance chasing