is convex quadrilateral with . and intersect in . are midpoints of . Prove, that circumcenter of lies on .
Solution
1. Identify the given information and draw the diagram:
- is a convex quadrilateral with .
- and intersect at .
- are midpoints of respectively.
2. **Prove that is a rhombus:**
- Since and are midpoints of and respectively, is parallel to and and .
- Since and are midpoints of and respectively, is parallel to and and .
- Given , it follows that .
- Similarly, .
- Since are midpoints, and .
- Therefore, is a rhombus because all sides are equal and opposite sides are parallel.
3. **Prove that the circumcenter of lies on :**
- In a rhombus, the diagonals bisect each other at right angles.
- The diagonals of rhombus are and , and they intersect at the midpoint of both diagonals, which is the center of the rhombus.
- The circumcenter of is the point equidistant from .
- Since are collinear with the center of the rhombus, the circumcenter of must lie on the perpendicular bisector of .
- The perpendicular bisector of is the line because is the line that bisects the rhombus and is perpendicular to .
Therefore, the circumcenter of lies on .