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Geometry Difficulty 5.9 AIME, harder Prove it

Let ABCDA B C D be a trapezium with ABCD,2AB=CDA B \| C D, 2|A B|=|C D| and BDBCB D \perp B C. Let MM be the midpoint of CDC D and let EE be the intersection of BCB C and ADA D. Let OO be the intersection of AMA M and BDB D. Let NN be the intersection of OEO E and ABA B.
(a) Prove that ABMDA B M D is a rhombus.
(b) Prove that the line DND N goes through the midpoint of line segment BEB E.

Solution

From AB=CD|A B|=|C D| and ABCDA B \| C D it follows that ABA B is a midline in triangle CDEC D E. Therefore, AA is the midpoint of DED E. Since DBE=90\angle D B E=90^{\circ}, according to Thales, AA is the center of the circle through D,BD, B, and EE. Thus, AD=AE=AB|A D|=|A E|=|A B|, and we already knew that AB=DM=MC|A B|=|D M|=|M C|. In the same way, using Thales, we show that BM=CM=DM|B M|=|C M|=|D M|, so in quadrilateral ABMDA B M D all sides are of equal length. Therefore, it is a rhombus (a). The diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other, so OO is the midpoint of BDB D. Since AA is also the midpoint of DED E, NN is the centroid of triangle BDEB D E. Thus, DND N passes through the midpoint of BEB E (b).

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