The base of the trapezoid is longer than the base , and is a right angle. The diagonals and are perpendicular. Let be the foot of the altitude from to the line . Prove that .
Solutions — 3
Solution 1

1st solution. Since is a right triangle, we have . The diagonals of the trapezoid intersect at a right angle, so . This, together with , implies that the triangles and are similar. Thus, or, equivalently, . This implies
Since . is a cyclic quadrilateral. So, . Because of the right angles we have . The triangles and are similar, since and . Hence, and this implies
Solution 2

2nd solution. Since is a right triangle, we have . Thus, it suffices to show that
Let be the intersection of the diagonals. Obviously, , so the triangles and are similar. Hence, or, equivalently, . We have , so the quadrilateral is cyclic and . Similarly, we have , so the quadrilateral is cyclic and . Since the triangles and are similar, we have . The triangles and are similar, so . Hence,
which was to be shown.
Solution 3
3rd solution. We have , so is a cyclic quadrilateral. By Ptolemy's theorem we have or
Let be the intersection of the diagonals. Then and are right triangles and , so they are similar. This implies that and . Similarly, and are right triangles and since , they too are similar. We see that and
Finally, the triangles and are similar and we have , so