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International Mathematical Olympiad

China geometry

Problem

Consider five points , , , and such that is a parallelogram and is a cyclic quadrilateral. Let be a line passing through . Suppose that intersects the interior of the segment at and intersects line at . Suppose also that . Prove that is the bisector of .

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Solution
Draw the altitudes of two isosceles triangles and as in the figure. In view of the given condition, it is easy to see that . Hence



Since is a cyclic quadrilateral, , this yields , where both are right-angled triangles.

In view of ① and ②, , this means . Thus i.e. . It is intuitively obvious that . Hence is the bisector.

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsInscribed/circumscribed quadrilateralsAngle chasing