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Geometry Difficulty 6.3 National olympiad Prove it Bulgaria

The diagonals ACAC and BDBD of a convex quadrilateral ABCDABCD intersect at point EE, MM is the midpoint of AEAE and NN is the midpoint of CDCD. It is known that the diagonal BDBD bisects ABC\angle ABC. Prove that the quadrilateral ABCDABCD is cyclic if and only if the quadrilateral MBCNMBCN is cyclic.

Solution

Let ABCDABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral. Since ABD=CBD\angle ABD = \angle CBD it follows that AD=CDAD = CD. Denote by SS the midpoint of DEDE. Then SM=AD2=CD2=CNSM = \frac{AD}{2} = \frac{CD}{2} = CN and SNACSN \parallel AC. Hence MCNSMCNS is an isosceles trapezoid and therefore it is cyclic. On the other hand, we have MSB=ADB=ACB\angle MSB = \angle ADB = \angle ACB and we conclude that the quadrilateral MBCSMBCS is inscribed. Thus the points M,B,C,NM, B, C, N and SS are concyclic, i.e. the quadrilateral MBCNMBCN is cyclic.

Conversely, let MBCNMBCN be a cyclic quadrilateral. Let us denote by D1D_1 the intersection point of the line BDBD and the circumcircle of ABC\triangle ABC. We shall prove that D1DD_1 \equiv D. Let D1D_1 lie between BB and DD (the case, when DD is between BB and D1D_1, is analogous). If N1N_1 is the midpoint of CD1CD_1, we see as above that the quadrilateral MBCN1MBCN_1 is cyclic. Hence the points M,B,C,NM, B, C, N and N1N_1 are concyclic. However, this is impossible when DD1D \neq D_1 since then N1N_1 lies on the midsegment of CDE\triangle CDE through NN, which means that N1N_1 is inside MCN\triangle MCN.

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