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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 ACBD=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 AXCDXB\triangle AXC \sim \triangle DXB, then XDXA=BDAC\frac{XD}{XA} = \frac{BD}{AC}. This and the condition of the problem implies that APAC=1BQBD=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 APXDQX\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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