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Slovenian Mathematical Olympiad, 2016

Geometry Difficulty 5.6 AIME, harder Prove it Slovenia

Let ABCDABCD be a convex quadrilateral such that ∣AB∣=∣BC∣=∣CD∣|AB| = |BC| = |CD|. The lines ABAB and CDCD intersect at the point EE, and the circumcircles of the triangles ABCABC and BDEBDE intersect at BB and FF. Let PP denote the intersection of the lines ACAC and BFBF. Prove that EPEP is the bisector of the angle ∠AED\angle AED.

Solution

II/3. Due to different configurations we will proceed using directed angles.
Let TT, distinct from EE, be the intersection of the circumcircles of the triangles BDEBDE and ACEACE. The power line (radical axis) of the circumcircles of the triangles ABCABC and BDEBDE is BFBF, the power line of the circumcircles of the triangles ABCABC and ACEACE is ACAC, and the power line of the circumcircles of the triangles ACEACE and BDEBDE is ETET. The Power-of-a-Point theorem states that these three lines intersect at a single point. The lines ACAC and BFBF intersect at PP, so PP must also lie on the line ETET. Due to the concyclicity of the points B,T,DB, T, D and EE we have
≍TBA=≍TBE=π−≍EDT=≍TDC, \asymp TBA = \asymp TBE = \pi - \asymp EDT = \asymp TDC,
and due to concyclicity of A,T,CA, T, C and EE we have
≍BAT=π−≍TAE=≍ECT=≍DCT. \asymp BAT = \pi - \asymp TAE = \asymp ECT = \asymp DCT.
The triangles ABTABT and CDTCDT have three matching angles and ∣AB∣=∣CD∣|AB| = |CD|, so they are congruent. This implies that ∣AT∣=∣CT∣|AT| = |CT| and ∣BT∣=∣DT∣|BT| = |DT|. Since ∣AB∣=∣BC∣=∣CD∣|AB| = |BC| = |CD|, we see that the triangles ABTABT and CBTCBT have three matching sides and are congruent and the same is true for the triangles BCTBCT and DCTDCT. These two congruences imply that ≍TBA=≍CBT\asymp TBA = \asymp CBT and ≍TCB=≍DCT\asymp TCB = \asymp DCT.
In the triangle BCEBCE the point TT lies on the intersection of the bisectors of the angles ≍CBE\asymp CBE and ≍ECB\asymp ECB. So, TT is the incentre of the triangle BCEBCE and the bisector of the angle ≍BEC\asymp BEC also passes through TT. The points E,PE, P and TT are collinear, so EPEP is the bisector of ≍AED\asymp AED.

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