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Ireland 2023 geometry
Problem
A trapezium with and is inscribed in a circle, centre . The diagonals and are mutually perpendicular at . If is the midpoint of and is the midpoint of , prove .

Solution
First note that (inscribed angles) and (alternate angles at ). Hence, and triangle is isosceles with . This implies that is on the perpendicular bisector of and that (because ). The centre of the circle is on the perpendicular bisectors of the chords and . As and are parallel, their perpendicular bisectors are parallel as well. As they have in common, they coincide. This means that is the common perpendicular bisector of and of .
Because and , triangles BEP and CPD are right angled and isosceles. In particular, . Moreover, (central angle), hence Since , we can now use ASA to see that is congruent to , thus .
Because and , triangles BEP and CPD are right angled and isosceles. In particular, . Moreover, (central angle), hence Since , we can now use ASA to see that is congruent to , thus .
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