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Geometry Difficulty 7.8 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Hong Kong

Let ABCDEFABCDEF be a convex hexagon such that ABDEAB \parallel DE, BCEFBC \parallel EF and CDFACD \parallel FA. Let HH, II, JJ, KK, LL and MM be the midpoints of sides ABAB, BCBC, CDCD, DEDE, EFEF and FAFA, respectively. Prove that lines HKHK, ILIL and JMJM are concurrent.

Solution

Let ADAD meet BEBE at XX, BEBE meet CFCF at YY, and CFCF meet ADAD at ZZ. Since ABEDAB \parallel ED, we know that XABXDE\triangle XAB \sim \triangle XDE. Also, the midpoints HH and KK of ABAB and DEDE are corresponding points under this similarity. Thus, XX lies on HKHK. Similarly, YY lies on ILIL, and ZZ lies on JMJM.

Figure 1

By Ceva's theorem, it suffices to prove
sinAXHsinHXB×sinEYLsinLYF×sinCZJsinJZD=1.(1) \frac{\sin \angle AXH}{\sin \angle HXB} \times \frac{\sin \angle EYL}{\sin \angle LYF} \times \frac{\sin \angle CZJ}{\sin \angle JZD} = 1. \qquad (1)
Firstly, since AH=HBAH = HB and XABXDE\triangle XAB \sim \triangle XDE, we have
sinAXHsinHXB=XBXA=BEAD. \frac{\sin \angle AXH}{\sin \angle HXB} = \frac{XB}{XA} = \frac{BE}{AD}.
By symmetry, we have sinEYLsinLYF=CFBE\frac{\sin \angle EYL}{\sin \angle LYF} = \frac{CF}{BE} and sinCZJsinJZD=ADCF\frac{\sin \angle CZJ}{\sin \angle JZD} = \frac{AD}{CF}. Therefore, the left-hand side of (1) is
BEAD×CFBE×ADCF=1 \frac{BE}{AD} \times \frac{CF}{BE} \times \frac{AD}{CF} = 1
as desired.

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