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62nd Czech and Slovak Mathematical Olympiad

Czech Republic geometry

Problem

Let be a parallelogram such that the projections , of onto the sides , , respectively, are their interior points. Prove that if and only if

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Solution
Alternate angles and are equal (Fig. 2), hence . The equality thus holds if and only if (1) Fig. 2 Points and lie on a circle with diameter . Hence the inscribed angles and are equal and (due to equal alternate angles and ) Lines and are parallel if and only if which is by the last equality equivalent to (1). The equivalence is thus proven.

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