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22nd Junior Turkish Mathematical Olympiad

Turkey geometry

Problem

The diagonals of convex quadrilateral meet at point . Given show that is either a parallelogram or a cyclic quadrilateral.
Solution
Using Stewart's Theorem in triangles and , we obtain Using the given relations we get . Using the first equation, we obtain By the median length equation in triangle , we obtain and hence The last equation is equivalent to Therefore we have or . In the first case is a cyclic quadrilateral and in the second case it is a parallelogram.

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsDistance chasing