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48th Austrian Mathematical Olympiad Regional Competition (Qualifying Round)

Austria geometry

Problem

Let be a cyclic quadrilateral with perpendicular diagonals and circumcenter . Let be the line obtained by reflection of the diagonal about the angle bisector of . Prove that the point lies on the line .

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Solution
Denote by the point of intersection of the diagonals and , i.e. is an altitude in the triangle , see Figure 1.



Figure 1: Problem 2

Hence In the last step the angle sum in the equilateral triangle has been used. Since the lines and are symmetric with respect to the angle bisector , the same is true for and . Hence the assertion follows. □

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsQuadrilaterals with perpendicular diagonalsAngle chasing