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Junior Macedonian Mathematical Olympiad

North Macedonia geometry

Problem

Let be a parallelogram and let , , and be the midpoints of the sides , , and , respectively. If , , and , then prove that the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
Solution
Let . Clearly, and are medians in the triangle , hence is the centroid of . Similarly is the centroid of . If , then . Similarly, if , then . Therefore , i.e. . We analogously prove that . It follows that is a parallelogram.

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleDistance chasing