Olympiad Maths Prep

Track / Stage 7 / 202 of 300 #1602 of 2000

Problem 1602

National olympiad second round; IMO P1/P4
Geometry Difficulty 7.4 Prove it Vietnamese Mathematical Competitions · Vietnam

Let ABCDABCD be a quadrilateral inscribed in circle (O,R)(O, R) and is not a trapezoid. Two lines ACAC, BDBD intersect each other at EE and the bisector of AEB\angle AEB meets the lines ABAB, BCBC, CDCD, DADA at MM, NN, PP, QQ, respectively.

1. Prove that four lines (AQM)(AQM), (BMN)(BMN), (CNP)(CNP), (DPQ)(DPQ) concur at a unique point, name it as KK.

2. Let min{AC,BD}=m\min\{AC, BD\} = m. Prove that OK2R24R2m2\mathrm{OK} \le \frac{2R^2}{\sqrt{4R^2 - m^2}}.

This one wants a proof. Work it on paper, read the official solution, then mark yourself honestly — the ladder only means something if the record is true.

Official solution

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1. Let RR be the intersection of two lines ADAD, BCBC and SS be the intersection of two lines ABAB, CDCD (because ABCDABCD is not a trapezoid then RR, SS are quite specific). Assume that BB lies between AA, SS and also lies between CC, RR as in the figure, the other cases can be proved similarly. Let KK be the intersection of the circumcircles of triangles RABRAB, SBCSBC, then
BKR+BKS=BAD+BCD=180 or R,K,S are collinear. \angle BKR + \angle BKS = \angle BAD + \angle BCD = 180^{\circ} \text{ or } R, K, S \text{ are collinear.}
Hence, we have RKRS=RBRC=RARDRK \cdot RS = RB \cdot RC = RA \cdot RD and SKSR=SBSA=SCSDSK \cdot SR = SB \cdot SA = SC \cdot SD so two quadrilaterals ADSKADSK and CDRKCDRK are cyclic, this infers KK also belongs to two circles (RCD)(RCD) and (SDA)(SDA).
Hence, we have
AKD=ASD=BSC=BKC and ADK=ASK=BSK=BCK \angle AKD = \angle ASD = \angle BSC = \angle BKC \text{ and } \angle ADK = \angle ASK = \angle BSK = \angle BCK
so two triangles KADKAD and KBCKBC are similar. Then KAKB=ADBC=AEBE=AMBM\frac{KA}{KB} = \frac{AD}{BC} = \frac{AE}{BE} = \frac{AM}{BM}, using the property of angle bisector in the triangle, we can get KMKM is the interior angle bisector of AKB\angle AKB.

On the other hand, we have
RNQ=BNE=CBDBEN=CADAEQ=RQN so ARB=2BNM. \angle RNQ = \angle BNE = \angle CBD - \angle BEN = \angle CAD - \angle AEQ = \angle RQN \text{ so } \angle ARB = 2\angle BNM.
From this result, we have BKM=12AKB=12ARB=BNM\angle BKM = \frac{1}{2}\angle AKB = \frac{1}{2}\angle ARB = \angle BNM and quadrilateral BMNKBMNK is also cyclic, which leads to KK belonging to the circle (BMN)(BMN).
Similarly, we also have KK belongs to circles (AQM)(AQM), (CNP)(CNP), (DPQ)(DPQ).

Next, we have to prove that KK is the unique common point of these circles. In fact, two circles (AMP)(AMP), (BMQ)(BMQ) have two common points: KK, MM and two circles (DNP)(DNP), (CNP)(CNP) have two common points: KK, NN. Therefore, if these four circles have two distinct common points, it leads to MM, NN coinciding, which is a contradiction. So KK is the unique common point of these circles (AQM)(AQM), (BMN)(BMN), (CNP)(CNP), (DPQ)(DPQ).

2. From the properties of power of a point, we have
RKRS=RBRC=RO2R2,SKSR=SBSA=SO2R2 then RK \cdot RS = RB \cdot RC = RO^2 - R^2, \quad SK \cdot SR = SB \cdot SA = SO^2 - R^2 \text{ then}
RO2SO2=RKRSSKSR=RK2SK2. RO^2 - SO^2 = RK \cdot RS - SK \cdot SR = RK^2 - SK^2.
It is easy to get OKRSOK \perp RS from the above result.
And based on Brocard's theorem in cyclic quadrilateral ABCDABCD, point EE is the orthocenter of triangle ORSORS, hence OERSOE \perp RS.
Therefore, OO, EE, KK are collinear.
We also have RKA+SKC=RBA+SBC=2ADC=AOC\angle RKA + \angle SKC = \angle RBA + \angle SBC = 2\angle ADC = \angle AOC so AKC+AOC=180\angle AKC + \angle AOC = 180^\circ implies the quadrilateral AOCKAOCK is cyclic. Then
EOEK=EAEC=R2OE2EO(EO+EK)=R2 or OK=R2EO. EO \cdot EK = EA \cdot EC = R^2 - OE^2 \Rightarrow EO(EO + EK) = R^2 \text{ or } OK = \frac{R^2}{EO}.
On the other hand, we also have
EOmax{d(O,AC),d(O,BD)}=max{124R2AC2,124R2BD2}=124R2m2 EO \ge \max\{d(O, AC), d(O, BD)\} = \max\left\{\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{4R^2 - AC^2}, \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{4R^2 - BD^2}\right\} = \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{4R^2 - m^2}
Therefore, we conclude the inequality OK2R24R2m2OK \le \frac{2R^2}{\sqrt{4R^2 - m^2}} (Q.E.D).

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