The diagonals of convex quadrilateral ABCD meet at point E. Given ∣CD∣∣AB∣=∣AD∣∣BC∣=∣DE∣∣BE∣ show that ABCD is either a parallelogram or a cyclic quadrilateral.
Solution
Using Stewart's Theorem in triangles ABD and BCD, we obtain BDAB2⋅ED+AD2⋅BE−AE2BE⋅ED=BDBC2⋅ED+CD2⋅BE−EC2BE⋅ED. Using the given relations AB2⋅ED=CD2⋅BEandAD2⋅BE=BC2⋅ED we get AE=EC. Using the first equation, we obtain BDBE(AD2+CD2)=AE2+BE⋅ED By the median length equation in triangle ADC, we obtain AD2+CD2=2(AE2+ED2) and hence (2⋅BDBE−1)AE2=BE⋅ED−2⋅ED2⋅BDBE The last equation is equivalent to (AE2−BE⋅ED)(BDBE−ED)=0 Therefore we have AE2=BE⋅ED or BE=ED. In the first case ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral and in the second case it is a parallelogram.
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