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Problem 1862

National Olympiad, first round
Geometry Difficulty 6.9 Prove it Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad · Ukraine

Points BB and CC are chosen on the circle with diameter ADAD in such a way that AB=ACAB = AC. Point PP is an arbitrary point of the segment BCBC, and points MM and NN are chosen on the segments ABAB and ACAC respectively in such a way that PMANPMAN is a parallelogram. Let PLPL be a bisector in triangle MPNMPN. Line PDPD intersects MNMN in point QQ. Prove that points BB, QQ, LL, and CC are cyclic.

(Mykhaylo Plotnikov, Danylo Khilko)

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Official solution

First, we are going to prove that BDP=AMN\angle BDP = \angle AMN and PDC=ANM\angle PDC = ANM. Indeed, MPACMP \parallel AC, NPABNP \parallel AB, because PMANPMAN is a parallelogram (fig. 38). Then MPB=ABC=ACB=NPC\angle MPB = \angle ABC = \angle ACB = \angle NPC, meaning that BMPPNC\triangle BMP \sim \triangle PNC. We also note that BCBC is a bisector of interior angle MPN\triangle MPN. Then BPPC=MPNC\frac{BP}{PC} = \frac{MP}{NC}. Using MP=ANMP = AN one gets NC=NP=AMPBPC=ANAMNC = NP = AM \cdot \frac{PB}{PC} = \frac{AN}{AM}.

Notice that BDC\triangle BDC is isosceles, and CBD=BCD\angle CBD = \angle BCD. By cosine law for triangles BPDBPD and CPDCPD:
BPsinBDP=PDsinCBD=PDsinBCD=PCsinPDC. \frac{BP}{\sin \angle BDP} = \frac{PD}{\sin \angle CBD} = \frac{PD}{\sin \angle BCD} = \frac{PC}{\sin \angle PDC}.
From here it follows that sinPDCsinBDP=PCBP\frac{\sin \angle PDC}{\sin \angle BDP} = \frac{PC}{BP} and sinPDCsinBDP=AMAN\frac{\sin \angle PDC}{\sin \angle BDP} = \frac{AM}{AN}. By sine law for AMN\triangle AMN
we have sinANMsinAMN=AMAN\frac{\sin \angle ANM}{\sin \angle AMN} = \frac{AM}{AN}. Finally we get sinPDCsinBDP=sinANMsinAMN\frac{\sin \angle PDC}{\sin \angle BDP} = \frac{\sin \angle ANM}{\sin \angle AMN}.

Noticing
PDC+BDP=BDC=180MAN=MNA+AMN \angle PDC + \angle BDP = \angle BDC = 180^\circ - \angle MAN = \angle MNA + \angle AMN
yields PDC=MNA\angle PDC = \angle MNA and PDB=AMN\angle PDB = \angle AMN.

Going further, QMD=AMN=QDB\angle QMD = \angle AMN = \angle QDB, hence MQBDMQBD is cyclic. Considering triangle CPDCPD and PLMPLM gives
CDP=NMP=ANM,LPM=90MPB=90ACB=PCD, \angle CDP = \angle NMP = \angle ANM, \quad \angle LPM = 90^\circ - \angle MPB = 90^\circ - \angle ACB = \angle PCD,
meaning that CPDPLM\triangle CPD \sim \triangle PLM.

Therefore CPLP=CDMP\frac{CP}{LP} = \frac{CD}{MP}. Using MP=MBMP = MB and CD=DBCD = DB, one gets CPLP=BDMB\frac{CP}{LP} = \frac{BD}{MB}.

Considering triangles LPCLPC and MBDMBD gives MBD=LPC=90\angle MBD = \angle LPC = 90^\circ, implying (together with the previous equality) LPCMBD\triangle LPC \sim \triangle MBD.

Finally,
LPC=MDB=180BQM\angle LPC = \angle MDB = 180^\circ - \angle BQM, meaning that BQL+LCB=180\angle BQL + \angle LCB = 180^\circ, i.e. that the quadrilateral BQLCBQLC is cyclic.

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