Olympiad Maths Prep

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Problem 1185

National olympiad, first round
Geometry Difficulty 6.2 Prove it

6. [7 points] The diagonals of a convex quadrilateral ABCDABCD intersect at point OO, and triangles BOCBOC and AODAOD are equilateral. Point TT is symmetric to point OO with respect to the midpoint of side CDCD.

a) Prove that ABTABT is an equilateral triangle.

b) Suppose it is additionally known that BC=2,AD=5BC=2, AD=5. Find the ratio of the area of triangle ABTABT to the area of quadrilateral ABCDABCD.

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

Answer: b) 3949\frac{39}{49}.

Solution. It is not difficult to show that ABCDABCD is an isosceles trapezoid or a rectangle, so a circle (let's call it Ω\Omega) can be circumscribed around ABCDABCD. The diagonals of quadrilateral CODTCODT are bisected by their point of intersection, so it is a parallelogram, and CTD=COD=180AOD=120\angle CTD = \angle COD = 180^\circ - \angle AOD = 120^\circ. Since CAD=60\angle CAD = 60^\circ, in quadrilateral CADTCADT the sum of opposite angles is 180180^\circ, and a circle can also be circumscribed around it. Therefore, all 5 points A,B,C,TA, B, C, T, and DD lie on the circle Ω\Omega.

Angles ATB\angle ATB and ACB\angle ACB are inscribed in Ω\Omega and subtend the same arc, so they are equal, and ATB=60\angle ATB = 60^\circ. Next, we note that

DBT=DCT (inscribed, subtend the same arc), DCT=BDC (since BDCT),BDC=BAC (the trapezoid is isosceles).  \begin{gathered} \angle DBT = \angle DCT \text{ (inscribed, subtend the same arc), } \\ \angle DCT = \angle BDC \text{ (since } BD \parallel CT), \\ \angle BDC = \angle BAC \text{ (the trapezoid is isosceles). } \end{gathered}

From this, it follows that ABT=ABD+DBT=ABD+BAC=180AOB=60\angle ABT = \angle ABD + \angle DBT = \angle ABD + \angle BAC = 180^\circ - \angle AOB = 60^\circ. Thus, it is proven that in triangle ABTABT two angles are 6060^\circ, so it is equilateral.

b) By the cosine rule in triangle ABOABO, we find that AB2=AO2+BO22AOBOcos120=22+52+25=39AB^2 = AO^2 + BO^2 - 2 \cdot AO \cdot BO \cdot \cos 120^\circ = 2^2 + 5^2 + 2 \cdot 5 = 39. Then the area S1S_1 of triangle ABTABT is AB234=3934AB^2 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} = \frac{39 \sqrt{3}}{4}. The area of the trapezoid S2S_2 is found as half the product of the diagonals, multiplied by the sine of the angle between them: S2=127732=4934S_2 = \frac{1}{2} \cdot 7 \cdot 7 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} = \frac{49 \sqrt{3}}{4}. Therefore, S1:S2=39:49S_1 : S_2 = 39 : 49.

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