Consider five points , , , and such that is a parallelogram and is a cyclic quadrilateral. Let be a line passing through . Suppose that intersects the interior of the segment at and intersects line at . Suppose also that . Prove that is the bisector of .
Solution
Draw the altitudes of two isosceles triangles and as in the figure.
In view of the given condition, it is easy to see that . Hence
Since is a cyclic quadrilateral, , this yields , where both are right-angled triangles.
In view of ① and ②, , this means .
Thus
i.e. .
It is intuitively obvious that . Hence is the bisector.
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