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Problem 1003

National Olympiad, first round
Geometry Difficulty 6.0 Prove it BMO Round 1 · United Kingdom · 2006

In the cyclic quadrilateral ABCDABCD, the diagonal ACAC bisects the angle DABDAB. The side ADAD is extended beyond DD to a point EE. Show that CE=CACE = CA if and only if DE=ABDE = AB.

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