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Geometry Difficulty 4.3 AIME Prove it Belarus

Given cyclic quadrilateral ABCDABCD with CDBD>ABAC\frac{CD}{BD} > \frac{AB}{AC}.
Prove that CD⋅BD>AB⋅ACCD \cdot BD > AB \cdot AC.

Solution

Since ABCDABCD is cyclic, ∠ABD=∠ACD\angle ABD = \angle ACD, ∠BAC=∠BDC\angle BAC = \angle BDC. For the area of the triangles ABDABD and ACDACD we have
S(ABD)=AB⋅BDsin⁡∠ABD=S1+S4, S(ABD) = AB \cdot BD \sin \angle ABD = S_1 + S_4,
S(ACD)=AC⋅CDsin⁡∠ACD=S3+S4. S(ACD) = AC \cdot CD \sin \angle ACD = S_3 + S_4.
By condition, AC⋅CD>AB⋅BDAC \cdot CD > AB \cdot BD, so S(ACD)>S(ABD)S(ACD) > S(ABD), which gives S3>S1S_3 > S_1.

Similarly, for the area of BACBAC and BDCBDC we have
S(BAC)=AB⋅ACsin⁡∠BAC=S1+S2,S(BDC)=BD⋅CDsin⁡∠BDC=S3+S2. S(BAC) = AB \cdot AC \sin \angle BAC = S_1 + S_2, \quad S(BDC) = BD \cdot CD \sin \angle BDC = S_3 + S_2.
Since S3>S1S_3 > S_1, we have S(BAC)>S(BDC)S(BAC) > S(BDC), which gives CD⋅BD>AB⋅ACCD \cdot BD > AB \cdot AC.

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