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Geometry Difficulty 6.0 AIME, harder Prove it

4A. Given an isosceles trapezoid ABCDABCD with bases ABAB and CDCD and diagonal ACAC such that AC=AB+CD\overline{AC}=\overline{AB}+\overline{CD}. If OO is the intersection of the diagonals, prove that the midpoints of segments AOAO, BCBC, and DODO are vertices of an equilateral triangle.

Solution

Solution. From the similarity of triangles ABOABO and CDOCDO, it follows that CO:AO=CD:AB\overline{CO}: \overline{AO} = \overline{CD}: \overline{AB}, and from this

(CO+AO):AO=(CD+AB):AB (\overline{CO} + \overline{AO}): \overline{AO} = (\overline{CD} + \overline{AB}): \overline{AB}

or equivalently

AC:AO=AC:AO \overline{AC}: \overline{AO} = \overline{AC}: \overline{AO}

so AO=AB\overline{AO} = \overline{AB}. Therefore, triangle ABOABO is equilateral, and similarly, CDO\triangle CDO is equilateral. This means that BPAOBP \perp AO (where PP is the midpoint of AO\overline{AO}), so triangle BCPBCP is right-angled, with hypotenuse BCBC. Since PQPQ is the median to the hypotenuse BCBC, it follows that

PQ=12BC \overline{PQ} = \frac{1}{2} \overline{BC}

Similarly, from the right-angled triangle BCR, we have

RQ=12BC \overline{RQ} = \frac{1}{2} \overline{BC}

Furthermore, in triangle ADO, PR is the midline, so

PM=12AD \overline{PM} = \frac{1}{2} \overline{AD}

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Finally, considering the condition of the problem AO=AB\overline{AO} = \overline{AB} and (1), (2), and (3), we conclude that triangle PQRPQR is equilateral, with a side equal to half the leg AD\overline{AD}.

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