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2016 European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad

Romania 2016 geometry

Problem

Let be a cyclic quadrilateral, and let diagonals and intersect at . Let , and be the midpoints of segments , and , respectively. Lines and intersect at , and line intersects diagonals and at different points and , respectively. Prove that line is tangent to the circle through , and .

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Solution


We are to prove that ; alternatively, but equivalently, .

Since the quadrangle is cyclic, the triangles and are similar, and since and are corresponding medians in these triangles, it follows that .

Finally, , since and are corresponding points in the similar triangles and : indeed, , and .

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