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Belarusian Mathematical Olympiad

Belarus geometry

Problem

Let be the intersection point of the diagonals of inscribed quadrilateral . Points and are marked on the bisectors of and , respectively, so that and . Let be the intersection point of the lines and , and be the intersection point of the lines and . Prove that the lines and are perpendicular. (D. Pirshtuk)

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Solution
Let . Then since the triangles and are isosceles. Therefore, .



From the equalities , and the power of a point theorem it follows that . Hence, . Further, . Therefore, the triangles , are similar, so . Hence, . Now we have and . It follows that and lie on the perpendicular bisector of the segment , which gives the required statement.

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