Maths Olympiad Prep

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Problem 1197

National olympiad, first round
Geometry Difficulty 6.2 Prove it

Example 8 As shown in Figure 15-8, in the spatial quadrilateral ABCDABCD, P,QP, Q are the midpoints of the diagonals AC,BDAC, BD respectively.
(1) If AB=CD,AD=BCAB=CD, AD=BC, then PQACPQ \perp AC, PQBDPQ \perp BD;
(2) If PQAC,PQBDPQ \perp AC, PQ \perp BD, then AB=CDAB=CD, AD=BCAD=BC.

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Official solution

Prove (1) PQ=PA+AQ=12AC+12(AB+AD)=12(AB+AD\overrightarrow{P Q}=\overrightarrow{P A}+\overrightarrow{A Q}=-\frac{1}{2} \overrightarrow{A C}+\frac{1}{2}(\overrightarrow{A B}+\overrightarrow{A D})=\frac{1}{2}(\overrightarrow{A B}+\overrightarrow{A D}- AC),AB=CDAB2=CD2=(ADAC)2=AD2+AC22ADAC\overrightarrow{A C}), A B=C D \Leftrightarrow \overrightarrow{A B^{2}}=\overrightarrow{C D^{2}}=(\overrightarrow{A D}-\overrightarrow{A C})^{2}=\overrightarrow{A D^{2}}+\overrightarrow{A C^{2}}-2 \overrightarrow{A D} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}, AD=BCAD2=BC2=(ACAB)2=AC2+AB22ACABA D=B C \Leftrightarrow \overrightarrow{A D^{2}}=\overrightarrow{B C^{2}}=(\overrightarrow{A C}-\overrightarrow{A B})^{2}=\overrightarrow{A C^{2}}+\overrightarrow{A B^{2}}-2 \overrightarrow{A C} \cdot \overrightarrow{A B}, so AB2+AD2=AD2+AC22ADAC+AC2+AB22ACAB\overrightarrow{A B^{2}}+\overrightarrow{A D^{2}}=\overrightarrow{A D^{2}}+\overrightarrow{A C^{2}}-2 \overrightarrow{A D} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}+\overrightarrow{A C^{2}}+\overrightarrow{A B^{2}}-2 \overrightarrow{A C} \cdot \overrightarrow{A B}, i.e., ADAC+ABAC=AC2\overrightarrow{A D} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}+\overrightarrow{A B} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}=\overrightarrow{A C^{2}}, so PQAC=12(AB+ADAC)AC=12(ABAC+ADACAC2)=0PQAC\overrightarrow{P Q} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}=\frac{1}{2}(\overrightarrow{A B}+\overrightarrow{A D}-\overrightarrow{A C}) \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}=\frac{1}{2}(\overrightarrow{A B} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}+\overrightarrow{A D} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}-\overrightarrow{A C^{2}})=0 \Rightarrow \overrightarrow{P Q} \perp \overrightarrow{A C}. Similarly, we can prove PQBD\overrightarrow{P Q} \perp \overrightarrow{B D}.
(2) PQACPQAC=012(AB+ADAC)AC=0ABAC+ADAC=AC2,PQBDPQBD=012(AB+ADAC)(ADAB)=0AD2=AB2+ACADACAB,CD2=(ADAC)2=P Q \perp A C \Rightarrow \overrightarrow{P Q} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}=0 \Rightarrow \frac{1}{2}(\overrightarrow{A B}+\overrightarrow{A D}-\overrightarrow{A C}) \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}=0 \Rightarrow \overrightarrow{A B} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}+\overrightarrow{A D} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}=\overrightarrow{A C^{2}}, P Q \perp B D \Rightarrow \overrightarrow{P Q} \cdot \overrightarrow{B D}=0 \Rightarrow \frac{1}{2}(\overrightarrow{A B}+\overrightarrow{A D}-\overrightarrow{A C}) \cdot (\overrightarrow{A D}-\overrightarrow{A B})=0 \Rightarrow \overrightarrow{A D^{2}}=\overrightarrow{A B^{2}}+\overrightarrow{A C} \cdot \overrightarrow{A D}-\overrightarrow{A C} \cdot \overrightarrow{A B}, \overrightarrow{C D^{2}}=(\overrightarrow{A D}-\overrightarrow{A C})^{2}= AD2+AC22ADAC=(ABAC+ADAC)+(AB2+ACADACAB)2ADAC=AB2\overrightarrow{A D^{2}}+\overrightarrow{A C^{2}}-2 \overrightarrow{A D} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}=(\overrightarrow{A B} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}+\overrightarrow{A D} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C})+(\overrightarrow{A B^{2}}+\overrightarrow{A C} \cdot \overrightarrow{A D}-\overrightarrow{A C} \cdot \overrightarrow{A B})-2 \overrightarrow{A D} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}=\overrightarrow{A B^{2}}, so CD=ABC D=A B. Similarly, we can prove AD=BCA D=B C.

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