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Geometry Difficulty 6.9 National olympiad Prove it

ABCDABCD is convex quadrilateral with AB=CDAB=CD. ACAC and BDBD intersect in OO. X,Y,Z,TX,Y,Z,T are midpoints of BC,AD,AC,BDBC,AD,AC,BD. Prove, that circumcenter of OZTOZT lies on XYXY.

Solution

1. Identify the given information and draw the diagram:
- ABCDABCD is a convex quadrilateral with AB=CDAB = CD.
- ACAC and BDBD intersect at OO.
- X,Y,Z,TX, Y, Z, T are midpoints of BC,AD,AC,BDBC, AD, AC, BD respectively.

2. **Prove that XTYZXTYZ is a rhombus:**
- Since XX and YY are midpoints of BCBC and ADAD respectively, XYXY is parallel to ABAB and CDCD and XY=12(AB+CD)XY = \frac{1}{2}(AB + CD).
- Since ZZ and TT are midpoints of ACAC and BDBD respectively, ZTZT is parallel to ACAC and BDBD and ZT=12(AC+BD)ZT = \frac{1}{2}(AC + BD).
- Given AB=CDAB = CD, it follows that XY=12(AB+CD)=AB=CDXY = \frac{1}{2}(AB + CD) = AB = CD.
- Similarly, ZT=12(AC+BD)ZT = \frac{1}{2}(AC + BD).
- Since X,Y,Z,TX, Y, Z, T are midpoints, XZ=YTXZ = YT and XY=ZTXY = ZT.
- Therefore, XTYZXTYZ is a rhombus because all sides are equal and opposite sides are parallel.

3. **Prove that the circumcenter of OZT\triangle OZT lies on XYXY:**
- In a rhombus, the diagonals bisect each other at right angles.
- The diagonals of rhombus XTYZXTYZ are XZXZ and YTYT, and they intersect at the midpoint of both diagonals, which is the center of the rhombus.
- The circumcenter of OZT\triangle OZT is the point equidistant from O,Z,TO, Z, T.
- Since O,Z,TO, Z, T are collinear with the center of the rhombus, the circumcenter of OZT\triangle OZT must lie on the perpendicular bisector of ZTZT.
- The perpendicular bisector of ZTZT is the line XYXY because XYXY is the line that bisects the rhombus and is perpendicular to ZTZT.

Therefore, the circumcenter of OZT\triangle OZT lies on XYXY.

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