Problem

Source: Nordic Mathematical Contest 2002 #1

Tags: isosceles, trapezoid, geometry



The trapezium ${ABCD}$, where ${AB}$ and ${CD}$ are parallel and ${AD < CD}$, is inscribed in the circle ${c}$. Let ${DP}$ be a chord of the circle, parallel to ${AC}$. Assume that the tangent to ${c}$ at ${D}$ meets the line ${AB}$ at ${E}$ and that ${PB}$ and ${DC}$ meet at ${Q}$. Show that ${EQ = AC}$.