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Saudi Arabia geometry

Problem

In quadrilateral , diagonals and intersect at . Denote by the orthogonal projections of onto , respectively. Prove that if and only if

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Solution


Denote by the right angled triangles as in the above figure. Applying Pythagoras theorem successively in triangles , we get: It follows The last relation is equivalent to: hence and the conclusion follows.

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