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Geometry Difficulty 5.8 AIME, harder Prove it

II. (25 points) As shown in Figure 4, in the circumscribed convex hexagon ABCDEFA B C D E F, AB//DEA B / / D E, BC//EFB C / / E F, CDC D //FA/ / F A. Prove that the convex hexagon is a centrally symmetric figure.

Solution

As shown in Figure 7, since CD//AFC D / / A F and ABA B intersects AFA F, extending ABA B and DCD C will definitely intersect at point QQ; similarly, we get intersection points PP and SS. Let XX, YY, and ZZ be the three points of tangency. It is easy to see that
PAFBQC\triangle P A F \backsim \triangle B Q C
EDSPQS\sim \triangle E D S \backsim \triangle P Q S.
Their perimeters are denoted as m1m_{1}, m2m_{2}, m3m_{3}, and mm. It is easy to prove that
m1+m2+m3=(PX+PZ)+(QX+QY)+(SY+SZ)=PQ+QS+SP=m. \begin{array}{l} m_{1}+m_{2}+m_{3} \\ =(P X+P Z)+(Q X+Q Y)+(S Y+S Z) \\ =P Q+Q S+S P=m . \end{array}

At this point, 1=m1m+m2m+m3m=AFQS+QCQS+DSQS1=\frac{m_{1}}{m}+\frac{m_{2}}{m}+\frac{m_{3}}{m}=\frac{A F}{Q S}+\frac{Q C}{Q S}+\frac{D S}{Q S}, then
AFQS=1QC+DSQS=1QSCDQS=CDQS \frac{A F}{Q S}=1-\frac{Q C+D S}{Q S}=1-\frac{Q S-C D}{Q S}=\frac{C D}{Q S} \text {. }

Therefore, AF=CDA F=C D.
Since AF//CDA F / / C D, ADA D and CFC F must bisect each other.
Similarly, we can prove that ADA D and BEB E bisect each other, and BEB E and CFC F bisect each other. Thus, ADA D, BEB E, and CFC F are concurrent. Let this point be OO. Clearly, point OO is the center of the circle and the symmetry center of the convex hexagon ABCDEFA B C D E F.

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