A quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle , where and is not parallel to . Point is the intersection of the diagonals and and point is the foot of the perpendicular from to . Given that , prove that is a diameter of .
Solution
Let the line through parallel to meet the segments at points , respectively. Triangle is isosceles, so . Now from
we obtain .
Let the lines and meet at point and let the line meet at . Then , so , i.e., lies on the line .
The quadrilateral is not a trapezoid, so . Consider the point on the ray such that . Since , quadrilateral is cyclic and therefore , which implies that .
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