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Geometry Difficulty 7.0 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Bulgaria

Problem:

The points PP and QQ lie respectively on the diagonals ACAC and BDBD of a quadrilateral ABCDABCD and APAC+BQBD=1\frac{AP}{AC} + \frac{BQ}{BD} = 1. The line PQPQ meets the sides ADAD and BCBC at points MM and NN. Prove that the circumcircles of the triangles AMPAMP, BNQBNQ, DMQDMQ and CNPCNP are concurrent.

Solution

Solution:

Let AC∩BD=OAC \cap BD = O and XX be the second intersection point of the circumcircles of △AOB\triangle AOB and △BOC\triangle BOC. Set XBO = XCO =\text{XBO = XCO =} and XAO = XDO =\text{XAO = XDO =}. Since △AXC∼△DXB\triangle AXC \sim \triangle DXB, then XDXA=BDAC\frac{XD}{XA} = \frac{BD}{AC}. This and the condition of the problem implies that APAC=1−BQBD=DQBD\frac{AP}{AC} = 1 - \frac{BQ}{BD} = \frac{DQ}{BD} and hence APDQ=ACBD=XAXD\frac{AP}{DQ} = \frac{AC}{BD} = \frac{XA}{XD}. Then △APX∼△DQX\triangle APX \sim \triangle DQX and so APX = DQX\text{APX = DQX}. The last equality means that the points X,Q,OX, Q, O and PP are concyclic and thus XQP = XOP = XDA\text{XQP = XOP = XDA}.

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This implies that the points X,Q,DX, Q, D and MM are concyclic, i.e. the circumcircle of △DMQ\triangle DMQ passes through XX. Then XMN =\text{XMN =} and hence the points X,A,PX, A, P and MM are concyclic, i.e., the circumcircle of △AMP\triangle AMP passes through XX.

It follows in the same way that the circumcircle of △CNP\triangle CNP passes through XX and then analogously the circumcircle of △BNQ\triangle BNQ passes through XX.

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