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Geometry Difficulty 6.0 National Olympiad Prove it Belarus

Given a trapezoid ABCDABCD (BC∥ADBC \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 BC∥ADBC \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 BC∥ADBC \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 180∘180^\circ, we have 5α=180∘5\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=180∘−∠C=180∘−72∘=108∘\angle D = 180^\circ - \angle C = 180^\circ - 72^\circ = 108^\circ. Since △ADB\triangle ADB is isosceles, we have ∠A=12(180∘−∠ADB)=12(180∘−2α)=90∘−α=90∘−36∘=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=180∘−∠A=180∘−54∘=126∘\angle B = 180^\circ - \angle A = 180^\circ - 54^\circ = 126^\circ.

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