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Geometry Difficulty 6.2 National olympiad Prove it

14. (ROM 5) IMO4{ }^{\mathrm{IMO} 4} Let ABCDA B C D be a convex quadrilateral for which the circle with diameter ABA B is tangent to the line CDC D. Show that the circle with diameter CDC D is tangent to the line ABA B if and only if the lines BCB C and ADA D are parallel.

Solution

14. Let MM and NN be the midpoints of ABA B and CDC D, and let M,NM^{\prime}, N^{\prime} be their projections on CDC D and ABA B, respectively. We know that MM=AB/2M M^{\prime}=A B / 2, and hence
SABCD=SAMD+SBMC+SCMD=12(SABD+SABC)+14ABCD S_{A B C D}=S_{A M D}+S_{B M C}+S_{C M D}=\frac{1}{2}\left(S_{A B D}+S_{A B C}\right)+\frac{1}{4} A B \cdot C D
The line ABA B is tangent to the circle with diameter CDC D if and only if NN=CD/2N N^{\prime}=C D / 2, or equivalently,
SABCD=SAND+SBNC+SANB=12(SBCD+SACD)+14ABCD S_{A B C D}=S_{A N D}+S_{B N C}+S_{A N B}=\frac{1}{2}\left(S_{B C D}+S_{A C D}\right)+\frac{1}{4} A B \cdot C D
By (1), this is further equivalent to SABC+SABD=SBCD+SACDS_{A B C}+S_{A B D}=S_{B C D}+S_{A C D}. But since SABC+SACD=SABD+SBCD=SABCDS_{A B C}+S_{A C D}=S_{A B D}+S_{B C D}=S_{A B C D}, this reduces to SABC=SBCDS_{A B C}=S_{B C D}, i.e., to BCADB C \| A D.

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