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Geometry Difficulty 6.4 National Olympiad Prove it Slovenia

The diagonals of a convex quadrilateral ABCDABCD intersect at PP. Let L,ML, M and NN be the points on the segments AB,BCAB, BC and CDCD, respectively, such that
ALLB=BMMC=CNND. \frac{|AL|}{|LB|} = \frac{|BM|}{|MC|} = \frac{|CN|}{|ND|}.
Suppose that the line LMLM is tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle MCNMCN and the line NMNM is tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle MBLMBL. Prove that DPA=NML\angle DPA = \angle NML.

Solution

Denote the circumcircle of MBL\triangle MBL by K1K_1 and the circumcircle of MCN\triangle MCN by K2K_2. The line NMNM is tangent to K1K_1, so NML=MBL\angle NML = \angle MBL (the tangent-chord angle theorem). Similarly, LMLM is tangent to K2K_2, so NML=NCM\angle NML = \angle NCM. Hence,
NCM=NML=MBL(3) \angle NCM = \angle NML = \angle MBL \qquad (3)
DCB=CBA=NML(4) \angle DCB = \angle CBA = \angle NML \qquad (4)
We have LMB=(LM,MC)=MNC\angle LMB = \angle(LM, MC) = \angle MNC and (3), so the triangles MBL\triangle MBL and NCM\triangle NCM are similar. This implies
LBMC=LMMN=BMCN.(5) \frac{|LB|}{|MC|} = \frac{|LM|}{|MN|} = \frac{|BM|}{|CN|}. \qquad (5)
Since
ALLB=BMMC=CNND, \frac{|AL|}{|LB|} = \frac{|BM|}{|MC|} = \frac{|CN|}{|ND|},
we have
ALAB=BMBC=CNCD. \frac{|AL|}{|AB|} = \frac{|BM|}{|BC|} = \frac{|CN|}{|CD|}.
Thus
ALBM=ABBC(6) \frac{|AL|}{|BM|} = \frac{|AB|}{|BC|} \qquad (6)
BMCN=BCCD(7) \frac{|BM|}{|CN|} = \frac{|BC|}{|CD|} \qquad (7)
From (4), (5), (6) and (7) we conclude that ABC\triangle ABC, LMN\triangle LMN and BCD\triangle BCD are similar. Now, denote BDC=α\angle BDC = \alpha, CBD=β\angle CBD = \beta and DCB=γ\angle DCB = \gamma. Then
DPA=πCPD=π(πPDCDCP)=π(πBDCDCA)=π(πBDC(DCBACB))=π(πα(γα))=π(παγ+α)=π(πγ)=γ=DCB=NML. \begin{aligned} \angle DPA &= \pi - \angle CPD \\ &= \pi - (\pi - \angle PDC - \angle DCP) \\ &= \pi - (\pi - \angle BDC - \angle DCA) \\ &= \pi - (\pi - \angle BDC - (\angle DCB - \angle ACB)) \\ &= \pi - (\pi - \alpha - (\gamma - \alpha)) \\ &= \pi - (\pi - \alpha - \gamma + \alpha) \\ &= \pi - (\pi - \gamma) \\ &= \gamma \\ &= \angle DCB = \angle NML. \end{aligned}

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