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Consider five points AA, BB, CC, DD and EE such that ABCDABCD is a parallelogram and BCEDBCED is a cyclic quadrilateral. Let ll be a line passing through AA. Suppose that ll intersects the interior of the segment DCDC at FF and intersects line BCBC at GG. Suppose also that EF=EG=ECEF = EG = EC. Prove that ll is the bisector of DAB\angle DAB.

Solution

Draw the altitudes of two isosceles triangles EGCEGC and ECFECF as in the figure.
In view of the given condition, it is easy to see that ADFGCF\triangle ADF \sim \triangle GCF. Hence
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ADGC=DFCFBCCG=DFCFBCCL=DFCKBC+CLCL=DF+FKCKBLCL=DKCKBLDK=CLCK. \begin{aligned} \frac{AD}{GC} &= \frac{DF}{CF} \Rightarrow \frac{BC}{CG} = \frac{DF}{CF} \Rightarrow \frac{BC}{CL} = \frac{DF}{CK} \\ &\Rightarrow \frac{BC + CL}{CL} = \frac{DF + FK}{CK} \\ &\Rightarrow \frac{BL}{CL} = \frac{DK}{CK} \\ &\Rightarrow \frac{BL}{DK} = \frac{CL}{CK}. \end{aligned} \quad ①

Since BCEDBCED is a cyclic quadrilateral, LBE=EDK\angle LBE = \angle EDK, this yields BLEDKE\triangle BLE \sim \triangle DKE, where both are right-angled triangles.
SoBLDK=ELEK. \text{So} \qquad \frac{BL}{DK} = \frac{EL}{EK}. \qquad ②

In view of ① and ②, CLCK=ELEK\frac{CL}{CK} = \frac{EL}{EK}, this means CLECKE\triangle CLE \sim \triangle CKE.
Thus
CLCK=CECE=1, \frac{CL}{CK} = \frac{CE}{CE} = 1,
i.e. CL=CKCG=CFCL = CK \Rightarrow CG = CF.
It is intuitively obvious that BAG=GAD\angle BAG = \angle GAD. Hence ll is the bisector.

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