Problem

Source: CGMO 2003, Problem 3

Tags: geometry, parallelogram, circumcircle, trigonometry, perpendicular bisector



As shown in the figure, quadrilateral $ ABCD$ is inscribed in a circle with $ AC$ as its diameter, $ BD \perp AC,$ and $ E$ the intersection of $ AC$ and $ BD.$ Extend line segment $ DA$ and $ BA$ through $ A$ to $ F$ and $ G$ respectively, such that $ DG || BF.$ Extend $ GF$ to $ H$ such that $ CH \perp GH.$ Prove that points $ B, E, F$ and $ H$ lie on one circle. [asy][asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.8)+fontsize(10));size(150); real a=4, b=6.5, c=9, d=a*c/b, g=14, f=sqrt(a^2+b^2)*sqrt(a^2+d^2)/g; pair E=origin, A=(0,a), B=(-b,0), C=(0,-c), D=(d,0), G=A+g*dir(B--A), F=A+f*dir(D--A), M=midpoint(G--C); path c1=circumcircle(A,B,C), c2=Circle(M, abs(M-G)); pair Hf=F+10*dir(G--F), H=intersectionpoint(F--Hf, c2); dot(A^^B^^C^^D^^E^^F^^G^^H); draw(c1^^c2^^G--D--C--A--G--F--D--B--A^^F--H--C--B--F); draw(H--B^^F--E^^G--C, linetype("2 2")); pair point= E; label("$A$", A, dir(point--A)); label("$B$", B, dir(point--B)); label("$C$", C, dir(point--C)); label("$D$", D, dir(point--D)); label("$F$", F, dir(point--F)); label("$G$", G, dir(point--G)); label("$H$", H, dir(point--H)); label("$E$", E, NE);[/asy][/asy]