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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=AB−AP=AD+BC−AD=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=90∘−12∠CBP=12(180∘−∠CBA)=12∠ADC=∠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=90∘−12∠PAD=12(180∘−∠BAD)=12∠DCB. \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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