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Geometry Difficulty 5.0 AIME, harder Prove it United Kingdom

Consider a convex quadrilateral and its two diagonals. These form four triangles.

Suppose that at least one of the two diagonals divides the quadrilateral into two parts of equal area. Prove that the sum of the areas of a pair of opposite triangles is half the area of the quadrilateral.

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