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Saudi Arabian Mathematical Competitions, 2012

Geometry Difficulty 6.0 National Olympiad Prove it Saudi Arabia

Triangle ABCABC is inscribed in circle ω\omega. Point DD is midpoint of side ACAC, and point MM lies on segment BDBD with DM=2BMDM = 2BM. Ray AMAM meets side BCBC at EE, and ray CMCM meets side BABA at FF. Ray FEFE intersects ω\omega at NN. Suppose that AM⊥CMAM \perp CM. Prove that ADEFADEF is cyclic if and only if line ANAN bisects segment BCBC.

Solution

Denote by aa, bb, cc the side lengths, and by mam_a, mbm_b, mcm_c the lengths of the medians of the triangle ABCABC. Since MDMD is median in the right-angled triangle AMCAMC, it follows that
2mb/3=MD=AD=CD=b/2, 2m_b/3 = MD = AD = CD = b/2,
so mb=3b/4m_b = 3b/4, which means that
(3b/4)2=mb2=(a2+c2)/2−b2/4. (3b/4)^2 = m_b^2 = (a^2 + c^2)/2 - b^2/4.
This is equivalent to 13b2=8(a2+c2)13b^2 = 8(a^2 + c^2).

Next, apply the Menelaus theorem to get
EC/EB=4=FA/FB EC/EB = 4 = FA/FB
and deduce thereby that the lines ACAC and EFEF are parallel. The quadrilateral AFEDAFED is therefore a trapezoid; it is cyclic if and only if AF=DEAF = DE.

We now express the two lengths in terms of aa, bb and cc.
Recall that FA/FB=4FA/FB = 4 to obtain AF=4c/5AF = 4c/5. Next, apply Stewart's theorem in triangle BCDBCD to get DE2=b2/2−4a2/25DE^2 = b^2/2 - 4a^2/25. By the preceding, the quadrilateral AFEDAFED is cyclic if and only if 25b2−8a2=32c225b^2 - 8a^2 = 32c^2. Recall that 13b2=8(a2+c2)13b^2 = 8(a^2 + c^2) to express bb and cc in terms of aa:
b=2a2/3andc=2a/3. b = 2a\sqrt{2}/3 \quad \text{and} \quad c = 2a/3.
Finally, let NN be the midpoint of the side BCBC and let the lines ANAN and EFEF meet at PP. Notice that
EN=a/2−a/5=3a/10, EN = a/2 - a/5 = 3a/10,
and that the triangles ANCANC and PNEPNE are similar. Then we obtain
NP=3ma/5, NP = 3m_a/5,
so
NA⋅NP=3ma2/5=3(2(b2+c2)−a2)/20=a2/4=NB⋅NC. NA \cdot NP = 3m_a^2/5 = 3(2(b^2 + c^2) - a^2)/20 = a^2/4 = NB \cdot NC.
The conclusion follows.

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