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Belarus geometry

Problem

Given a convex quadrilateral . The point is on the boundary of such that the segment divides into two parts with equal areas. In the same way we define points , and . It is known that the lengths of all segments , , , and do not exceed . Prove that the area .
Solution
Let ; and, without loss of generality, , . If then , whence and is a parallelogram. Then by the problem condition , , hence .

Let now , and let be the intersection point of the rays and ; denote , , . Then , while hence If and are the points such that then by the problem condition , . Thus and, similarly, . Then, in view of (1), It follows that .

Techniques

QuadrilateralsTriangle trigonometryQM-AM-GM-HM / Power Mean