2021 IMO Problems/Problem 4
==Problem== Let be a circle with centre
, and
a convex quadrilateral such that each of
the segments
and
is tangent to
. Let
be the circumcircle of the triangle
.
The extension of
beyond
meets
at
, and the extension of
beyond
meets
at
.
The extensions of
and
beyond
meet
at
and
, respectively. Prove that
Solution
Let be the centre of
For
the result follows simply. By Pitot's Theorem we have
so that,
The configuration becomes symmetric about
and the result follows immediately.
Now assume WLOG . Then
lies between
and
in the minor arc
and
lies between
and
in the minor arc
.
Consider the cyclic quadrilateral
.
We have
and
. So that,
Since
is the incenter of quadrilateral
,
is the angular bisector of
. This gives us,
Hence the chords
and
are equal.
So
is the reflection of
about
.
Hence,
and now it suffices to prove
Let
and
be the tangency points of
with
and
respectively. Then by tangents we have,
. So
.
Similarly we get,
. So it suffices to prove,
Consider the tangent
to
with
. Since
and
are reflections about
and
is a circle centred at
the tangents
and
are reflections of each other. Hence
. By a similar argument on the reflection of
and
we get
and finally,
as required.