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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 AXDY=BXCYAX \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 ABCDAB \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 IMXINY\triangle IMX \cong \triangle INY, implying IYN=IXM\angle IYN = \angle IXM. If XBMX \in BM and YDNY \in DN (or XAMX \in AM and YCNY \in CN) then the equality IYN=IXM\angle IYN = \angle IXM implies ABCDAB \parallel CD, a contradiction. Therefore XXBX \in XB and YNCY \in NC. It follows from AXYDAXYD that
AXI=DYI=180A2D2, \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 AIXIDY\triangle AIX \sim \triangle IDY, which implies that AXDY=IYIXAX \cdot DY = IY \cdot IX. Analogously, BIXICY\triangle BIX \sim \triangle ICY, i.e. BXCY=IYIXBX \cdot CY = IY \cdot IX. Hence AXDY=BXCYAX \cdot DY = BX \cdot CY.

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