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Bulgarian National Olympiad

Geometry Difficulty 5.9 AIME, harder Prove it Bulgaria

A quadrilateral ABCDABCD with ∠BAD+∠ADC>180∘\angle BAD + \angle ADC > 180^{\circ} is circumscribed around a circle of center II. A line through II meets ABAB and CDCD at points XX and YY, respectively. Prove that if IX=IYIX = IY then AX⋅DY=BX⋅CYAX \cdot DY = BX \cdot CY.

Solution

Denote by MM and NN the tangent points of the incircle of ABCDABCD with ABAB and CDCD, respectively. It follows from ∠BAD+∠ADC>180∘\angle BAD + \angle ADC > 180^{\circ} that AB∥CDAB \parallel CD and ∠MIN<180∘\angle MIN < 180^{\circ}. Also, the equalities IM=INIM = IN, ∠IMX=∠INY\angle IMX = \angle INY and IX=IYIX = IY show that △IMX≅△INY\triangle IMX \cong \triangle INY, implying ∠IYN=∠IXM\angle IYN = \angle IXM. If X∈BMX \in BM and Y∈DNY \in DN (or X∈AMX \in AM and Y∈CNY \in CN) then the equality ∠IYN=∠IXM\angle IYN = \angle IXM implies AB∥CDAB \parallel CD, a contradiction. Therefore X∈XBX \in XB and Y∈NCY \in NC. It follows from AXYDAXYD that
∠AXI=∠DYI=180∘−∠A2−∠D2, \angle AXI = \angle DYI = 180^{\circ} - \frac{\angle A}{2} - \frac{\angle D}{2},
giving ∠AIX=∠D2\angle AIX = \frac{\angle D}{2} and ∠DIY=∠A2\angle DIY = \frac{\angle A}{2}. Therefore △AIX∼△IDY\triangle AIX \sim \triangle IDY, which implies that AX⋅DY=IY⋅IXAX \cdot DY = IY \cdot IX. Analogously, △BIX∼△ICY\triangle BIX \sim \triangle ICY, i.e. BX⋅CY=IY⋅IXBX \cdot CY = IY \cdot IX. Hence AX⋅DY=BX⋅CYAX \cdot DY = BX \cdot CY.

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