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Geometry Difficulty 6.7 National Olympiad Prove it Hong Kong

A convex quadrilateral ABCDABCD with ACBDAC \neq BD is inscribed in a circle with centre OO. Let EE be the intersection of diagonals ACAC and BDBD. If PP is a point inside ABCDABCD such that PAB+PCB=PBC+PDC=90\angle PAB + \angle PCB = \angle PBC + \angle PDC = 90^\circ, prove that O,PO, P and EE are collinear.

Solution

We only work on the configuration as shown since the other cases are similar.
We have
CPA=BAP+CBA+PCB=90+CBA. \angle CPA = \angle BAP + \angle CBA + \angle PCB = 90^\circ + \angle CBA.
Let O1O_1 be the centre of (APC)(APC). Then we find that
AO1C=3602CPA=1802CBA=1802COA. \angle AO_1C = 360^\circ - 2\angle CPA = 180^\circ - 2\angle CBA = 180^\circ - 2\angle COA.
This shows AA, OO, CC, O1O_1 are concyclic. As OO, O1O_1 lie on the perpendicular bisector of ACAC, O1O_1 is just the intersection of the tangents at AA and CC to (ABCD)(ABCD). Similarly, let O2O_2 be the intersection of the tangents at BB and DD to (ABCD)(ABCD). Then O2O_2 is the centre of (BPD)(BPD).
Figure 1
Clearly, PP lies on the radical axis of (APC)(APC) and (BPD)(BPD). Secondly, since we have EA×EC=EB×EDEA \times EC = EB \times ED, EE also lies on this radical axis. Lastly, the powers of OO with respect to the two circles are OA2OA^2 and OB2OB^2 respectively as OAOA and OBOB are the tangents. Since OA=OBOA = OB, these powers are equal so that OO lies on the radical axis. Therefore, PP, EE, OO are collinear.

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