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Geometry Difficulty 6.0 National olympiad Prove it Belarus

Given a trapezoid ABCDABCD (BCADBC \parallel AD) with CD=AOCD = AO and BC=ODBC = OD, where OO is a point of intersection of the diagonals of the trapezoid. CACA is a bisectrix of BCD\angle BCD.
Find the angles of ABCDABCD.

Solution

Answer: A=54\angle A = 54^\circ, B=126\angle B = 126^\circ, C=72\angle C = 72^\circ, D=108\angle D = 108^\circ.
Let CD=AO=aCD = AO = a, BC=OD=bBC = OD = b and BCD=2α\angle BCD = 2\alpha. By condition,

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BD=yBD = y, DCA=ACB=α\angle DCA = \angle ACB = \alpha. Since BCADBC \parallel AD, we have CAD=ACB=α\angle CAD = \angle ACB = \alpha. So ADC\triangle ADC is an isosceles triangle and AD=CD=aAD = CD = a. Then AOD\triangle AOD is also an isosceles triangle (AO=aAO = a and AD=aAD = a). Therefore, AOD=ADO\angle AOD = \angle ADO.

Further, since BOC=AOD\angle BOC = \angle AOD (vertical angles) and OBC=ODA\angle OBC = \angle ODA (alternate angles for BCADBC \parallel AD), we see that BOC\triangle BOC is an isosceles triangle, so OC=BC=bOC = BC = b. Thus, COD\triangle COD is also an isosceles triangle (OC=bOC = b and OD=bOD = b). Therefore, ODC=OCD=α\angle ODC = \angle OCD = \alpha.

Then in COD\triangle COD the external angle BOC=OCD+ODC=α+α=2α\angle BOC = \angle OCD + \angle ODC = \alpha + \alpha = 2\alpha, hence, OBC=BOC=2α\angle OBC = \angle BOC = 2\alpha. It means that BCD\triangle BCD is an isosceles triangle (DBC=2α\angle DBC = 2\alpha and BC=2α\angle BC = 2\alpha). Then BD=CD=a=ADBD = CD = a = AD and so ADB\triangle ADB is also an isosceles triangle.

In BCD\triangle BCD the sum BCD+CDB+DBC=2α+α+2α=5α\angle BCD + \angle CDB + \angle DBC = 2\alpha + \alpha + 2\alpha = 5\alpha. Since the sum of all angles of a triangle is equal to 180180^\circ, we have 5α=1805\alpha = 180^\circ, hence α=36\alpha = 36^\circ.

Then for the trapezoid ABCDABCD we have C=2α=72\angle C = 2\alpha = 72^\circ, D=180C=18072=108\angle D = 180^\circ - \angle C = 180^\circ - 72^\circ = 108^\circ. Since ADB\triangle ADB is isosceles, we have A=12(180ADB)=12(1802α)=90α=9036=54\angle A = \frac{1}{2}(180^\circ - \angle ADB) = \frac{1}{2}(180^\circ - 2\alpha) = 90^\circ - \alpha = 90^\circ - 36^\circ = 54^\circ. Hence, B=180A=18054=126\angle B = 180^\circ - \angle A = 180^\circ - 54^\circ = 126^\circ.

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