Cherchez le quadrilatère cyclique
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Copyright © 1996-2018 Alexander BogomolnyThe applet is supposed to illustrate the following problem:
Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral. At A and D construct equal angles BAE and CDF in directions opposite relative to BC. Let E and F lie on BC. Then quadrilateral AEFD is cyclic,
In a slightly different form the problem appeared in [Andreescu & Gelca, p. 9, problem 1.2.7]:
Points B and C are given on the side BC of a convex quadrilateral AEFD (with B closer to E than to F.) It is known that
The conclusion is valid even when points B and C coalesce whereas line BC is replaced by the tangent to the circle. With this in mind, the problem appears to generalize the one of an accidental angle bisector. Also, in this formulation, the requirement of convexity is quite spurious.
What if applet does not run? |
Suffice it to show that ∠ADF + ∠AEF = 180°. This is so because
= (∠ADC + ∠CDF) + (∠ABF - ∠BAE) | |
= (∠ADC + ∠ABC) + (∠CDF - ∠BAE) | |
= ∠ADC + ∠ABC | |
= 180°. |
References
- T. Andreescu, R. Gelca, Mathematical Olympiad Challenges, Birkhäuser, 2004.

Chasing Inscribed Angles
- Munching on Inscribed Angles
- More On Inscribed Angles
- Inscribed Angles
- Tangent and Secant
- Angles Inscribed in an Absent Circle
- A Line in Triangle Through the Circumcenter
- Angle Bisector in Parallelogram
- Phantom Circle and Recaptured Symmetry
- Cherchez le quadrilatere cyclique
- Cyclic Quadrilateral, Concurrent Circles and Collinear Points
- Parallel Lines in a Cyclic Quadrilateral
- Reim's Similar Coins I
- Reim's Similar Coins II
- Reim's Similar Coins III
- Reim's Similar Coins IV
- Pure Angle Chasing
- Pure Angle Chasing II
- Pure Angle Chasing III

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