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Indija TS

India geometry

Problem

Let be a convex pentagon in which , and . Let be the mid-point of and let be the circumcentre of triangle . Suppose . Prove that .
Solution
Let the circum-circle of be and let the circle with diameter be . Let the mid-point of be (which is also the centre of ). Now passes through and hence and are tangent to each other at . Hence there is a homothety with centre taking to , with ratio . Since , the point is on . Let the image of under the homothety be ; it lies on and is the midpoint of .

Consider the half-turn centred at taking to . This also takes to as is the mid-point of . Let be the image of under this transformation. Since the half turn takes a line to another line parallel to it, the image of is ; and . Thus . It follows that , , are collinear. Observe that , lie on the same side of . Since we have performed a rigid transformation preserving , , the images of , must also lie on the same side of . This implies that and lie on different sides of . Thus lies between and . Because of this, we have We also observe that the half-turn takes triangle to . Therefore . Thus we get since . This shows that , , , are concyclic. Since , they subtend equal angle at . Thus . Thus But observe . Using this we obtain This completes the proof.

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HomothetyRotationTangentsTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing