Given quadrilateral $ABCD$. $AC$ and $BD$ meets at $E$, and $M, N$ are the midpoints of $AC, BD$, respectively. Let the circumcircles of $ABE$ and $CDE$ meets again at $X\neq E$. Prove that $E, M, N, X$ are concyclic. Proposed by chengbilly
Problem
Source: 2024 imocsl G1 (Night 2-G)
Tags: geometry, IMOC
08.08.2024 22:14
$\measuredangle XCE=\measuredangle XBE$ and $\measuredangle XDE=\measuredangle XAE$, so $\triangle AXC \sim \triangle DXB$ but as $M,N$ are corresponding midpoints in the triangles, we have $\measuredangle DNX= \measuredangle AMX$ as desired.
10.08.2024 07:10
Let the circumcircles of $ADE$ and $BCE$ meets again at $Y \neq E$, and $AB \cap CD=P, AD\cap BC=Q$.$O$ be the circumcenter of quadrilateral $ABCD$. It is well-known that $E$ is the orthocenter of $\triangle OPQ$ and $X,Y$ are perpendicular foot from $P,Q$ to $OQ,OP$ ,respectively. Hence $OEXY$ are cyclic and $OE$ is the circle’s diameter. Also , $\measuredangle OMA = \measuredangle OND =\frac{\pi}{2}$ ,so $OEXYMN$ are cyclic, we are done.
12.08.2024 17:50
it isnt given that $ABCD$ has to be cyclic, so it has no circumcenter.