2024 USAJMO Problems/Problem 1
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Problem
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Solution 1
First, let and be the midpoints of and , respectively. It is clear that , , , and . Also, let be the circumcenter of .
By properties of cyclic quadrilaterals, we know that the circumcenter of a cyclic quadrilateral is the intersection of its sides' perpendicular bisectors. This implies that and . Since and are also bisectors of and , respectively, if is indeed a cyclic quadrilateral, then its circumcenter is also at . Thus, it suffices to show that .
Notice that , , and . By SAS congruency, . Similarly, we find that and . We now need only to show that these two pairs are equal to each other.
Draw the segments connecting to , , , and .
Also, let be the circumradius of . This means that . Recall that and . Notice the several right triangles in our figure.
Let us apply Pythagorean Theorem on . We can see that
Let us again apply Pythagorean Theorem on . We can see that
Let us apply Pythagorean Theorem on . We get .
We finally apply Pythagorean Theorem on . This becomes .
This is the same expression as we got for . Thus, , and recalling that and , we have shown that . We are done. QED
~Technodoggo
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