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Let ABCDABCD be a quadrilateral inscribed in the circle c(O,R)c(O, R) and let K,L,M,N,S,TK, L, M, N, S, T be the midpoints of the segments AB,BC,CD,AD,ACAB, BC, CD, AD, AC and BDBD, respectively. Prove that the centers of the circumcircles of the triangles KLS,LMT,MNSKLS, LMT, MNS and NKTNKT form a cyclic quadrilateral similar to ABCDABCD.

Solutions — 2

Solution 1

Let c1,c2,c3,c4c_1, c_2, c_3, c_4 be the circumcircles of the triangles KLS,LMT,MNSKLS, LMT, MNS and NKTNKT, respectively. It is easy to prove that the quadrilaterals KLMN,TLSNKLMN, TLSN and KSMTKSMT are parallelograms and so KM,NL,TSKM, NL, TS will pass through the same point GG and therefore the points K,S,LK, S, L are symmetric of the points M,T,NM, T, N, respectively, with respect to a symmetry with center point GG.
Let c1c'_1 be the circumcircle of the triangle MTNMTN. Then c1c'_1 passes through the center OO of the circle c(O,R)c(O,R) and it has diameter OD=ROD = R (since OMD=OND=90OMD = OND = 90^\circ).
However the circles c1c_1 and c1c'_1 are symmetric with respect to GG (since the triangles defined the two circles are point to point symmetric with respect to GG).
Hence the circle c1c_1 has radius R2\frac{R}{2} and is passing through OO' (the symmetric point of OO with respect to GG).

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Similarly we prove that the circles c2,c3,c4c_2, c_3, c_4 have radius R2\frac{R}{2} and are passing through OO'. Therefore the centers of the circles c1,c2,c3,c4c_1, c_2, c_3, c_4 belong to the circle with center OO' and radius R2\frac{R}{2}.
The centers of the circles c1,c2,c3c'_1, c'_2, c'_3 and c4c'_4 (which are the midpoints of the segments OA,OB,OCOA, OB, OC and ODOD, respectively) define a quadrilateral with sides parallel to the corresponding sides of ABCDABCD. Hence the centers of the circles c1,c2,c3,c4c_1, c_2, c_3, c_4 (symmetric of the centers of the circles c1,c2,c3,c4c'_1, c'_2, c'_3, c'_4) define a quadrilateral similar to ABCDABCD.

Solution 2

We will use the characteristic properties of the Euler circle of a triangle.

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The center OO' of the Euler circle of a triangle belongs to Euler's line of the triangle. It is the midpoint of the segment OHOH (where OO is the circumcentre and HH is the orthocenter of the triangle). The radius of the Euler's circle is the half of the radius of the circumcircle of the triangle.
From the data of the problem we conclude that the circumcircles of the triangles KLSKLS, LMTLMT, MNSMNS and NKTNKT (c1,c2,c3,c4c_1, c_2, c_3, c_4, respectively), are the Euler's circles of the triangles ABCABC, BCDBCD, CDACDA and ABDABD.
The triangles ABCABC, BCDBCD, CDACDA and ABDABD are inscribed in the same circle c(O,R)c(O,R). Hence the circles c1,c2,c3,c4c_1, c_2, c_3, c_4 are equal with radius R2\frac{R}{2}.
We consider the triangles ABCABC and ABDABD. In the triangle ABCABC we consider the centroid G1G_1 (point of intersection of the medians BSBS and CKCK) and the center O1O_1 of the circle c1c_1 (circumcircle of the triangle KLSKLS and Euler's circle of the triangle ABCABC).
In the triangle ABDABD we consider the centroid G4G_4 and the center O4O_4 of the circle c4c_4 (circumcircle of the triangle KNTKNT and Euler's circle of the triangle ABDABD).
Since G1G_1 and G4G_4 are centroids we have:
G1KG1C=G4KG4D=12G1G4CD. \frac{G_1K}{G_1C} = \frac{G_4K}{G_4D} = \frac{1}{2} \Rightarrow G_1G_4 \parallel CD.
Since the points O1O_1 and O4O_4 are the centers of the Euler's circles we have:
OG1OO1=OG4OO4=2G1G4O1O4. \frac{OG_1}{OO_1} = \frac{OG_4}{OO_4} = 2 \Rightarrow G_1G_4 \parallel O_1O_4.
Therefore we have: CDO1O4CD \parallel O_1O_4.
Similarly we prove that the other sides of the quadrilateral O1O2O3O4O_1O_2O_3O_4 are parallel to the corresponding sides of the quadrilateral ABCDABCD.

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