Let be a convex pentagon such that . Suppose that the midpoint of is the circumcentre of triangle . Let be the circumcentre of triangle . Prove that line passes through the midpoint of segment .
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Let be the midpoint of and . Since ,
AX is the diameter of the circumcircle of , thus is a parallelogram.
Now, it is sufficient to show that where denotes the area of .
Let be the midpoint of and . It is easy to see that and therefore . We are done.
Solution 2
As in Solution 1. is a parallelogram and .
Let be the midpoint of . It is enough to show that . By the cyclic of , we have
and . Therefore, , and corresponds to under this similarity. In particular, . We have
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