2024 USAJMO Problems/Problem 1
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Problem
Let be a cyclic quadrilateral with
and
. Points
and
are selected on segment
such that
. Points
and
are selected on segment
such that
. Prove that
is a cyclic quadrilateral.
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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