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Geometry Difficulty 7.6 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Hong Kong

Let ABCDABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral such that AD+BC=ABAD + BC = AB. Show that the intersection of the bisectors of ADC\angle ADC and BCD\angle BCD is on line ABAB.

Solution

Let PP be the point on the side ABAB such that AP=ADAP = AD. Then we have
BP=ABAP=AD+BCAD=BC. BP = AB - AP = AD + BC - AD = BC.
Let the internal angle bisector of ADC\angle ADC meet ABAB at QQ. We find that
QPC=BPC=9012CBP=12(180CBA)=12ADC=QDC. \angle QPC = \angle BPC = 90^\circ - \frac{1}{2}\angle CBP = \frac{1}{2}(180^\circ - \angle CBA) = \frac{1}{2}\angle ADC = \angle QDC.
This implies CC, DD, PP, QQ are concyclic. Similarly, we have
DCQ=DPA=9012PAD=12(180BAD)=12DCB. \angle DCQ = \angle DPA = 90^\circ - \frac{1}{2}\angle PAD = \frac{1}{2}(180^\circ - \angle BAD) = \frac{1}{2}\angle DCB.
This shows CQCQ bisects BCD\angle BCD. Therefore, the internal angle bisectors of ADC\angle ADC and BCD\angle BCD intersect at the point QQ on ABAB.

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