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Geometry Difficulty 6.9 National Olympiad Prove it Philippines

Problem:

Pentagon ABCDEA B C D E is inscribed in a circle. Its diagonals ACA C and BDB D intersect at FF. The bisectors of BAC\angle B A C and CDB\angle C D B intersect at GG. Let AGA G intersect BDB D at HH, let DGD G intersect ACA C at II, and let EGE G intersect ADA D at JJ. If FHGIF H G I is cyclic and
JAFCGH=JDFBGI J A \cdot F C \cdot G H=J D \cdot F B \cdot G I
prove that G,FG, F and EE are collinear.

Solution

Solution:

Since BAC\angle B A C and BDC\angle B D C subtend the same arc, we can let α=BAG=GAC=CDG=GDB\alpha=\angle B A G=\angle G A C=\angle C D G=\angle G D B. Since BAG=BDG\angle B A G=\angle B D G, then GG is a point on the circumcircle.
Let x=FHIx=\angle F H I and y=FIHy=\angle F I H. Since AHIDA H I D is cyclic (HAI=IDH=α)(\angle H A I=\angle I D H=\alpha), then IAD=x\angle I A D=x and HDA=y\angle H D A=y. Since ABCDA B C D is cyclic, we also have FBC=x\angle F B C=x and FCB=y\angle F C B=y.
Since FHGIF H G I is cyclic, then FGI=x\angle F G I=x and FGH=y\angle F G H=y. By adding the angles of AGD\triangle A G D, we get as a result: x+y+α=90x+y+\alpha=90^\circ.
Extend GFG F, intersecting ADA D at J1J_{1}, and the circumcircle of the pentagon at E1E_{1}. One consequence we get is that GJ1ADG J_{1} \perp A D (because the highlighted angles of AJ1G\triangle A J_{1} G, α+x+y\alpha+x+y, already add up to 9090^\circ). Similarly, DHAGD H \perp A G and AIDGA I \perp D G.

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The equation now implies
JAJD=FBFCGIGH=FHFIGIGH=FH/GHFI/GI=FJ1/J1DFJ1/J1A=J1AJ1D \frac{J A}{J D}=\frac{F B}{F C} \cdot \frac{G I}{G H}=\frac{F H}{F I} \cdot \frac{G I}{G H}=\frac{F H / G H}{F I / G I}=\frac{F J_{1} / J_{1} D}{F J_{1} / J_{1} A}=\frac{J_{1} A}{J_{1} D}
This forces J=J1J=J_{1} and so E=E1E=E_{1}. Therefore, G,FG, F and EE are collinear.

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