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IMO 1J, Independent Study 1

Geometry Difficulty 7.7 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Taiwan

Let ABCDEABCDE be a convex pentagon such that ∠ABC=∠AED=90∘\angle ABC = \angle AED = 90^\circ. Suppose that the midpoint of CDCD is the circumcentre of triangle ABEABE. Let OO be the circumcentre of triangle ACDACD. Prove that line AOAO passes through the midpoint of segment BEBE.

Solutions — 2

Solution 1

Let MM be the midpoint of CDCD and X=BC∩EDX = BC \cap ED. Since ∠ABX=∠AEX=90∘\angle ABX = \angle AEX = 90^\circ,
AX is the diameter of the circumcircle of △ABX\triangle ABX, thus ACXDACXD is a parallelogram.

Now, it is sufficient to show that [OAB]=[OAE][OAB] = [OAE] where [OAB][OAB] denotes the area of △OAB\triangle OAB.
Let C′,D′C', D' be the midpoint of ACAC and ADAD. It is easy to see that [OAB]=[D′AB]=12[ACD][OAB] = [D'AB] = \frac{1}{2}[ACD] and therefore [OAE]=[C′AE]=[C′AD]=12[ACD][OAE] = [C'AE] = [C'AD] = \frac{1}{2}[ACD]. We are done.

Solution 2

As in Solution 1. ACXDACXD is a parallelogram and ∠DAB=90∘\angle DAB = 90^\circ.
Let NN be the midpoint of BEBE. It is enough to show that ∠NAB=∠OAB\angle NAB = \angle OAB. By the cyclic of ABXEABXE, we have
∠ABE=∠AXE=∠XAC \angle ABE = \angle AXE = \angle XAC
and ∠BEA=∠CXA\angle BEA = \angle CXA. Therefore, △ABE≃△CAX\triangle ABE \simeq \triangle CAX, and NN corresponds to MM under this similarity. In particular, ∠NAB=∠ACM\angle NAB = \angle ACM. We have
∠OAB=90∘−∠DAO=∠ACM=∠NAB. \angle OAB = 90^\circ - \angle DAO = \angle ACM = \angle NAB.

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