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Brazilian Math Olympiad

Brazil geometry

Problem

Let be a convex -gon. The diagonals connecting opposite vertices and the lines connecting the midpoints of opposite sides are concurrent, that is, all lines have a common point. Prove that the opposite sides of are parallel and congruent.
Solution
Let be a polygon such that , , , and , , , are concurrent at , where are the midpoints of , respectively.

Note that , , are concurrent, so . Similarly, we obtain that any opposite sides are parallel.

Now we have by applying the ratio theorem repetitively, we obtain This implies that is the midpoint of every main diagonal. Therefore, all opposite sides are congruent and parallel.

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