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Belarus — Selection and Training Session

Geometry Difficulty 4.9 AIME Prove it Belarus

Given a cyclic quadrilateral ABCDABCD with AB=ADAB = AD. Points MM and NN are marked on the sides CDCD and BCBC, respectively, so that DM+BN=MNDM + BN = MN.

Prove that the circumcenter of the triangle AMNAMN belongs to the segment ACAC.

Solution

On the prolongation of the segment CDCD over DD we mark the point KK such that DK=BNDK = BN. Then the triangles KDAKDA and NBANBA are equal since ∠KDA=∠NBA\angle KDA = \angle NBA, KD=BNKD = BN, DA=ABDA = AB. Hence KA=NAKA = NA, KM=DK+DM=BN+DM=NMKM = DK + DM = BN + DM = NM, so that the triangles KMAKMA and NMANMA are equal. It easily follows that ∠MAN=0.5∠DAB\angle MAN = 0.5\angle DAB. Let OO, CC be the intersection points of ACAC and the circumcircle of the triangle MCNMCN.

Since ∠MCO=∠DCA=∠BCA=∠NCO\angle MCO = \angle DCA = \angle BCA = \angle NCO, we have MO=NOMO = NO. Besides,
∠MON=180{∘}−∠MCN=180{∘}−∠DCB=∠DAB=2∠MAN. \angle MON = 180^\{\circ\} - \angle MCN = 180^\{\circ\} - \angle DCB = \angle DAB = 2\angle MAN.
This equality along with MO=NOMO = NO means that OO is the circumcenter of the triangle MANMAN.

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