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Geometry Difficulty 7.5 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it

Let ABCDA B C D be a cyclic quadrilateral with circumcentre OO. Let the internal angle bisectors at AA and BB meet at XX, the internal angle bisectors at BB and CC meet at YY, the internal angle bisectors at CC and DD meet at ZZ, and the internal angle bisectors at DD and AA meet at WW. Further, let ACA C and BDB D meet at PP. Suppose that the points X,Y,Z,W,OX, Y, Z, W, O and PP are distinct.

Prove that O,X,Y,ZO, X, Y, Z and WW lie on the same circle if and only if P,X,Y,ZP, X, Y, Z and WW lie on the same circle.

Proposed by: Ethan Tan, Australia

Solution

Let Ω\Omega be the circumcircle of the quadrilateral ABCDA B C D and let rr be its radius.
First, notice that the points X,Y,Z,WX, Y, Z, W are concyclic. Indeed, using oriented (modulo 180180^{\circ} ) angles,

(XW,XY)+(ZY,ZW)=(XA,XB)+(ZC,ZD)=A+B2C+D2=0. \angle(X W, X Y)+\angle(Z Y, Z W)=\angle(X A, X B)+\angle(Z C, Z D)=-\frac{\angle A+\angle B}{2}-\frac{\angle C+\angle D}{2}=0 .

Let ω\omega be the circle passing through these four points. Our goal is to prove that OωO \in \omega occurs if and only if PωP \in \omega.

Next, we rule out the case when ABCDA B C D is a trapezium. Suppose that if ABCDA B C D is an isosceles trapezium; without loss of generality say ABCDA B \| C D. By symmetry, points X,Z,OX, Z, O and PP lie on the symmetry axis (that is, the common perpendicular bisector of ABA B and CDC D ), therefore they are collinear. By the conditions of the problem, these four points are distinct and XX and ZZ are on ω\omega, so neither OO, nor PP can lie on ω\omega; therefore the problem statement is obvious. From now on we assume that ABCDA B \nVdash C D and BCADB C \nVdash A D.
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Let ABA B and CDC D meet at QQ, and let BCB C and ADA D meet at RR. Without loss of generality, suppose that BB lies between AA and QQ, and DD lies between AA and RR. Now we show that line QRQ R is the radical axis between circles Ω\Omega and ω\omega.

Point WW is the intersection point of the bisectors of A\angle A and D\angle D, so in triangle ADQA D Q, point WW is the incentre. Similarly, BYB Y and CYC Y are the external bisectors of QBC\angle Q B C and BCQ\angle B C Q, so in triangle BCQB C Q, point YY is the excentre opposite to QQ. Hence, both YY and WW lie on the bisector of DQA\angle D Q A.

By DQA=180DA=BA\angle D Q A=180^{\circ}-\angle D-\angle A=\angle B-\angle A we get

BYQ=YBAYQB=B2DQA2=B2BA2=A2=BAW \angle B Y Q=\angle Y B A-\angle Y Q B=\frac{\angle B}{2}-\frac{\angle D Q A}{2}=\frac{\angle B}{2}-\frac{\angle B-\angle A}{2}=\frac{\angle A}{2}=\angle B A W

so the points A,B,Y,WA, B, Y, W are concyclic, and therefore QAQB=QYQWQ A \cdot Q B=Q Y \cdot Q W; hence, QQ has equal power with respect to Ω\Omega and ω\omega. It can be seen similarly that RR has equal power with respect to the circles Ω\Omega and ω\omega. Hence, the radical axis of Ω\Omega and ω\omega is line QRQ R.

Let lines OPO P and QRQ R meet at point SS. It is well-known that with respect to circle ABCDA B C D, the diagonal triangle PQRP Q R is autopolar. As consequences we have OPQRO P \perp Q R, and the points PP and SS are symmetric to circle ABCDA B C D, so OSOP=r2O S \cdot O P=r^{2}.

Notice that PP and OO lie inside Ω\Omega, so the polar line QRQ R lies entirely outside, so SS is different from PP and OO. Moreover,

SOSP=OS(OSOP)=OS2OSOP=SO2r2 S O \cdot S P=O S \cdot(O S-O P)=O S^{2}-O S \cdot O P=S O^{2}-r^{2}

so SOSPS O \cdot S P is equal to the power of SS with respect to Ω\Omega. Since SS lies on the radical axis QRQ R, it has equal power with respect to the two circles; therefore, SOSPS O \cdot S P is equal to the power of SS with respect to ω\omega. From this, it follows that OωO \in \omega if and only if PωP \in \omega.

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