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69th Belarusian Mathematical Olympiad

Belarus geometry

Problem

Points and are the midpoints of the sides and , respectively, of a convex quadrilateral . Is it possible that
Solution
Answer: no. Since , one of these summands is not less than . Without loss of generality, assume that . Denote the reflection of the triangle about by . The inequality implies that the point lies either on the segment or inside the triangle . In both cases , which implies .
Final answer
No

Techniques

QuadrilateralsRotationAngle chasingDistance chasingTriangle inequalities