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International Mathematical Olympiad

geometry

Problem

Let be a convex pentagon such that . Assume there is a point inside with , and . Let lines and intersect line at points and , respectively, and let lines and intersect line at points and , respectively. Assume that points and respectively, are collinear and occur on their lines in this order. Prove that the points are concyclic.

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Solution
By the conditions we have , and , so the triangles and are congruent, in particular .

In triangles and we have and , so these triangles are similar to each other. It follows that and By rearranging this relation we get , so and are concyclic. (Alternatively, we can get from the similar triangles and .) Hence, .

Finally, from the angles of triangle we get which proves that and are concyclic.

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Alternative solution.

As in the previous solution, we note that triangles and are congruent. Denote the intersection point of and by , and the intersection point of and by . From triangles and we then have meaning that is cyclic, and in particular . Since and by assumption, we have that the triangles and are similar, hence Thus , and angle chasing yields concluding the proof.

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing