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Geometry Difficulty 6.2 National Olympiad Prove it North Macedonia

ABCDABCD is a convex quadrilateral with area PP. Let the point A1A_1 be on the ray ABAB such that AB=BA1\overline{AB} = \overline{BA_1}, B1B_1 on the ray BCBC such that BC=CB1\overline{BC} = \overline{CB_1}, C1C_1 on the ray CDCD such that CD=DC1\overline{CD} = \overline{DC_1} and D1D_1 on the ray DADA such that DA=AD1\overline{DA} = \overline{AD_1}. Find the area of A1B1C1D1A_1B_1C_1D_1.

Solution

Connecting the points AA to C1C_1, BB to D1D_1, CC to A1A_1 and DD to B1B_1, we have
PΔABC=PI=PIIPΔBCD=PIII=PIVPΔCDA=PV=PVIPΔDAB=PVII=PVIII \begin{align*} P_{\Delta ABC} &= P_I = P_{II} \\ P_{\Delta BCD} &= P_{III} = P_{IV} \\ P_{\Delta CDA} &= P_V = P_{VI} \\ P_{\Delta DAB} &= P_{VII} = P_{VIII} \end{align*}
where
Figure 1
PI=PΔBA1C,PII=PΔCA1B1,PIII=PΔDCB1,PIV=PΔC1DB1,PV=PΔC1DA,PVI=PΔC1D1A,PVII=PΔAD1B,PVIII=PΔBD1A1 \begin{align*} P_I &= P_{\Delta BA_1C}, \quad P_{II} = P_{\Delta CA_1B_1}, \quad P_{III} = P_{\Delta DCB_1}, \quad P_{IV} = P_{\Delta C_1DB_1}, \\ P_V &= P_{\Delta C_1DA}, \quad P_{VI} = P_{\Delta C_1D_1A}, \quad P_{VII} = P_{\Delta AD_1B}, \quad P_{VIII} = P_{\Delta BD_1A_1} \end{align*}
Now

PΔABC+PΔBCD+PΔCDA+PΔDAB=PI+PIII+PV+PVII=PII+PIV+PVI+PVIII=2PPI=P+(PI+PII+PIII+PIV+PV+PVI+PVII+PVIII)=P+(2P+2P)=5P\begin{gather*} P_{\Delta ABC} + P_{\Delta BCD} + P_{\Delta CDA} + P_{\Delta DAB} = P_I + P_{III} + P_V + P_{VII} = P_{II} + P_{IV} + P_{VI} + P_{VIII} = 2P \\ P_I = P + (P_I + P_{II} + P_{III} + P_{IV} + P_V + P_{VI} + P_{VII} + P_{VIII}) = P + (2P + 2P) = 5P \end{gather*}

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