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11-th Czech-Slovak-Polish Match, 2011

2011 geometry

Problem

In a convex quadrilateral let and be midpoints of sides and , respectively. Points and are chosen on sides and , respectively, in such a manner that . Prove that if lines , and meet at one point, then
Solution
Let be the midpoint of and be the common point of lines , and . Without losing generality assume that point lies between and . By Tales theorem, and . Therefore, . Note that this implies points to be concyclic, as and points lie on different sides of the line . Therefore, . Moreover, .

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