Diagonals of a cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ intersect at point $P$. The circumscribed circles of triangles $APD$ and $BPC$ intersect the line $AB$ at points $E, F$ correspondingly. $Q$ and $R$ are the projections of $P$ onto the lines $FC, DE$ correspondingly. Show that $AB \parallel QR$. (Proposed by Mykhailo Shtandenko)
Problem
Source: Kyiv City MO 2022 Round 1, Problem 10.3
Tags: geometry
24.01.2022 01:57
I assume you mean the projections of $E,F$. If so, since $EFQR$ is cyclic of diameter $EF$, it suffices to probe that the two angles at the base of the quadrilateral are equal. Indeed $\measuredangle QFE=\measuredangle CFB=\measuredangle CPB=\measuredangle DPA=\measuredangle DEA=\measuredangle REF$, as wanted.
24.01.2022 02:43
Angle chase gives $PE= PF$ and $\angle PER = \angle QFP$, implying that $\triangle PER \stackrel{\sim}{=} \triangle PFQ$, hence $EFQR$ is an isosceles trapezoid.
24.01.2022 03:44
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24.01.2022 04:02
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24.01.2022 04:25
Cute problem. By angle chase, $\measuredangle PCD = \measuredangle FCP$ and $\measuredangle PDC = \measuredangle EDP$. If $W$ is the projection of $P$ onto $CD$, it is easy to see that $PR=PW=PQ$. Another angle chase shows that $\measuredangle DEF = \measuredangle EFC$. Now, if $CF || DE$, the desired statement is obvious. Otherwise, denote by $X$ the intersection point of $CF$ and $DE$ and observe that both lines are perpendicular to the bisector of $\angle CXD$.