Let be a trapezium with and . Let be the midpoint of and let be the intersection of and . Let be the intersection of and . Let be the intersection of and .
(a) Prove that is a rhombus.
(b) Prove that the line goes through the midpoint of line segment .
Solution
From and it follows that is a midline in triangle . Therefore, is the midpoint of . Since , according to Thales, is the center of the circle through , and . Thus, , and we already knew that . In the same way, using Thales, we show that , so in quadrilateral all sides are of equal length. Therefore, it is a rhombus (a). The diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other, so is the midpoint of . Since is also the midpoint of , is the centroid of triangle . Thus, passes through the midpoint of (b).
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