Problem

Source: Romanian "Stars of Mathematics" Junior 2019 P2

Tags: geometry



Let $A$ and $C$ be two points on a circle $X$ so that $AC$ is not diameter and $P$ a segment point on $AC$ different from its middle. The circles $c_1$ and $c_2$, inner tangents in $A$, respectively $C$, to circle $X$, pass through the point $P$ ¸ and intersect a second time at point $Q$. The line $PQ$ intersects the circle $X$ in points $B$ and $D$. The circle $c_1$ intersects the segments $AB$ and $AD$ in $K$, respectively $N$, and circle $c_2$ intersects segments $CB$ and ¸ $CD $ in $L$, respectively $M$. Show that: a) the $KLMN$ quadrilateral is isosceles trapezoid; b) $Q$ is the middle of the segment $BD$. Proposed by Thanos Kalogerakis