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Croatia 2018 geometry

Problem

A trapezium is given. The bisector of the leg intersects the leg at , while the bisector of intersects at . Let and be the circumcentres of triangles and , respectively. Prove that the line bisects the segment . (Stipe Vidak)

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Solution
Denote by and the midpoints of and , respectively. We will show that the quadrilateral is cyclic. From , we get that the quadrilateral is cyclic. This implies . The segment is the midsegment of the trapezium , which means that it is parallel to . From here we conclude that . Now we have which is enough to conclude that the quadrilateral is cyclic. Analogously, we show that the quadrilateral is cyclic. This shows that the segment is simultaneously a chord for both circumscribed circles of triangles and . We conclude that the line , connecting the centres of these circles, must bisect the segment .

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleAngle chasing