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

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