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Geometry Difficulty 7.3 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Saudi Arabia

ABCABC is a triangle, GG its centroid and A′A', B′B', C′C' the midpoints of its sides BCBC, CACA, ABAB, respectively. Prove that if the quadrilateral AC′GB′AC'GB' is cyclic then
AB⋅CC′=AC⋅BB′. AB \cdot CC' = AC \cdot BB'.

Solution

First solution. Because AC′GB′AC'GB' is cyclic, we have ∡GAB′=∡GC′B′\measuredangle GAB' = \measuredangle GC'B'. Because B′C′B'C' is parallel to BCBC, we have ∡CC′B′=∡C′CB\measuredangle CC'B' = \measuredangle C'CB. We deduce that
sin⁡∡A′AC=sin⁡∡C′CB. \sin \measuredangle A'A C = \sin \measuredangle C'C B.
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But triangles AA′CAA'C, BCC′BCC' have the same area which is half of the area of triangle ABCABC. We deduce that
12AA′⋅ACsin⁡∡A′AC=12CC′⋅BCsin⁡∡C′CB \frac{1}{2} AA' \cdot AC \sin \measuredangle A'A C = \frac{1}{2} CC' \cdot BC \sin \measuredangle C'C B
and therefore
ACCC′=BCAA′. \frac{AC}{CC'} = \frac{BC}{AA'}.
We proceed in a similar way, by considering triangles ABA′ABA' and BCB′BCB', obtaining
ABBB′=BCAA′, \frac{AB}{BB'} = \frac{BC}{AA'},
and deduce the relation
AB⋅CC′=AC⋅BB′. AB \cdot CC' = AC \cdot BB'.

Second solution. Lets us consider the power of the point BB with respect to the circumcircle of the cyclic quadrilateral AC′GB′AC'GB'. We have
P(B)=BC′‾⋅BA‾=BG‾⋅BB′‾. \mathcal{P}(B) = \overline{BC'} \cdot \overline{BA} = \overline{BG} \cdot \overline{BB'}.
But BC′‾=12BA‾\overline{BC'} = \frac{1}{2} \overline{BA} and BG‾=23BB′‾\overline{BG} = \frac{2}{3} \overline{BB'}. We deduce that
BB′=32AB. BB' = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} AB.
Similarly, by considering the power of the point CC with respect to the circumcircle of the cyclic quadrilateral AC′GB′AC'GB', we obtain
CC′=32AC CC' = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} AC
From these two relations we deduce easily that
AB⋅CC′=AC⋅BB′. AB \cdot CC' = AC \cdot BB'.

Third solution (Contains also a proof for the converse). We can see from the first solution that the quadrilateral AC′GB′AC'GB' is cyclic if and only if
∡GAC=∡GCB. \measuredangle GAC = \measuredangle GCB.
This is equivalent to saying that the line BCBC is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle AGCAGC.
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This property is equivalent to saying that A′C2=A′G‾⋅A′A‾A'C^2 = \overline{A'G} \cdot \overline{A'A} by using the power of the point A′A' with respect to this circumcircle. But
A′C=12BC,A′G‾=13A′A‾andAA′=2AB2+2AC2−BC24. A'C = \frac{1}{2} BC, \quad \overline{A'G} = \frac{1}{3} \overline{A'A} \quad \text{and} \quad AA' = \sqrt{\frac{2AB^2 + 2AC^2 - BC^2}{4}}.
We deduce that AC′GB′AC'GB' is cyclic if and only if
2BC2=AB2+AC2 2BC^2 = AB^2 + AC^2
Now, using the formulas for the medians
BB′=2BC2+2AB2−CA24andCC′=2CA2+2BC2−AB24, BB' = \sqrt{\frac{2BC^2 + 2AB^2 - CA^2}{4}} \quad \text{and} \quad CC' = \sqrt{\frac{2CA^2 + 2BC^2 - AB^2}{4}},
we deduce that the relation
AB⋅CC′=AC⋅BB′ AB \cdot CC' = AC \cdot BB'
is equivalent to
AB2⋅(2CA2+2BC2−AB2)=AC2⋅(2BC2+2AB2−CA2), AB^2 \cdot \left(2CA^2 + 2BC^2 - AB^2\right) = AC^2 \cdot \left(2BC^2 + 2AB^2 - CA^2\right),
which is equivalent to
(AB2−AC2)⋅(2BC2−AB2−AC2)=0 \left(AB^2 - AC^2\right) \cdot \left(2BC^2 - AB^2 - AC^2\right) = 0
which is equivalent to either AB=ACAB = AC or AC′GB′AC'GB' is cyclic.

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