Found problems: 844
Let $A$ be a fixed point in the interior of a circle $\omega$ with center $O$ and radius $r$, where $0<OA<r$. Draw two perpendicular chords $BC,DE$ such that they pass through $A$. For which position of these cords does $BC+DE$ maximize?
Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid with bases $AB$ and $CD$, inscribed in a circle of center $O$. Let $P$ be the intersection of the lines $BC$ and $AD$. A circle through $O$ and $P$ intersects the segments $BC$ and $AD$ at interior points $F$ and $G$, respectively. Show that $BF=DG$.
Trapezoid $ABCD$ with bases $AD$ and $BC$ is inscribed in a circle, $M$ is the intersection of of its diagonals. A straight line passing through $M$ perpendicular to the bases intersects $BC$ at point$ K$, and the circle at point $L$, where $L$ is the one of the two intersection points for which $M$ lies on the segment $KL$. It is known that $MK = a$, $LM = b$. Find the radius of the circle tangent to the segments $AM$, $BM$ and the circle circumscribed around $ABCD$.
Circle touches parallelogram‘s $ABCD$ borders $AB, BC$ and $CD$ respectively at points $K, L$ and $M$. Perpendicular is drawn from vertex $C$ to $AB$ . Prove, that the line $KL$ divides this perpendicular into two equal parts (with the same length).
$\textbf{Bake Sale}$
Four friends, Art, Roger, Paul and Trisha, bake cookies, and all cookies have the same thickness. The shapes of the cookies differ, as shown.
$\circ$ Art's cookies are trapezoids:
[asy]size(80);defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));defaultpen(fontsize(8));
draw(origin--(5,0)--(5,3)--(2,3)--cycle);
draw(rightanglemark((5,3), (5,0), origin));
label("5 in", (2.5,0), S);
label("3 in", (5,1.5), E);
label("3 in", (3.5,3), N);[/asy]
$\circ$ Roger's cookies are rectangles:
[asy]size(80);defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));defaultpen(fontsize(8));
draw(origin--(4,0)--(4,2)--(0,2)--cycle);
draw(rightanglemark((4,2), (4,0), origin));
draw(rightanglemark((0,2), origin, (4,0)));
label("4 in", (2,0), S);
label("2 in", (4,1), E);[/asy]
$\circ$ Paul's cookies are parallelograms:
[asy]size(80);defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));defaultpen(fontsize(8));
draw(origin--(3,0)--(2.5,2)--(-0.5,2)--cycle);
draw((2.5,2)--(2.5,0), dashed);
draw(rightanglemark((2.5,2),(2.5,0), origin));
label("3 in", (1.5,0), S);
label("2 in", (2.5,1), W);[/asy]
$\circ$ Trisha's cookies are triangles:
[asy]size(80);defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));defaultpen(fontsize(8));
draw(origin--(3,0)--(3,4)--cycle);
draw(rightanglemark((3,4),(3,0), origin));
label("3 in", (1.5,0), S);
label("4 in", (3,2), E);[/asy]
Each friend uses the same amount of dough, and Art makes exactly 12 cookies. Who gets the fewest cookies from one batch of cookie dough?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{Art}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{Roger}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{Paul}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{Trisha}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{There is a tie for fewest.}$
Let $ABCD$ be a nondegenerate isosceles trapezoid with integer side lengths such that $BC \parallel AD$ and $AB=BC=CD$. Given that the distance between the incenters of triangles $ABD$ and $ACD$ is $8!$, determine the number of possible lengths of segment $AD$.
[i]Ray Li[/i]
Let $ABCD$ be a trapezium with $AB\parallel CD$. Let $P$ be a point on $AC$ such that $C$ is between $A$ and $P$; and let $X, Y$ be the midpoints of $AB, CD$ respectively. Let $PX$ intersect $BC$ in $N$ and $PY$ intersect $AD$ in $M$. Prove that $MN\parallel AB$.
Let $ABCD$ be a trapezium in which $AB //CD$ and $AD \perp AB$. Suppose $ABCD$ has an incircle which touches $AB$ at $Q$ and $CD$ at $P$. Given that $PC = 36$ and $QB = 49$, find $PQ$.
In a trapezoid $ABCD$ with $AD \parallel BC , O_{1}, O_{2}, O_{3}, O_{4}$ denote the circles with diameters $AB, BC, CD, DA$, respectively. Show that there exists a circle with center inside the trapezoid which is tangent to all the four circles $O_{1},..., O_{4}$ if and only if $ABCD$ is a parallelogram.
Let $r$ be a nonzero real number. The values of $z$ which satisfy the equation \[ r^4z^4 + (10r^6-2r^2)z^2-16r^5z+(9r^8+10r^4+1) = 0 \] are plotted on the complex plane (i.e. using the real part of each root as the x-coordinate
and the imaginary part as the y-coordinate). Show that the area of the convex quadrilateral with these points as vertices is independent of $r$, and find this area.
Let $\Gamma$ and $\Gamma'$ be two congruent circles centered at $O$ and $O'$, respectively, and let $A$ be one of their two points of intersection. $B$ is a point on $\Gamma$, $C$ is the second point of intersection of $AB$ and $\Gamma'$, and $D$ is a point on $\Gamma'$ such that $OBDO'$ is a parallelogram. Show that the length of $CD$ does not depend on the position of $B$.
Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid with $\angle A = \angle B = 90^o$ and a point $E$ lies on the segment $CD$. Denote $(\omega)$ as incircle of triangle $ABE$ and it is tangent to $AB,AE,BE$ respectively at $P, F,K$. Suppose that $KF$ cuts $BC,AD$ at $M,N$ and $PM,PN$ cut $(\omega)$ at $H, T$. Prove that $PH = PT$.
In a triangle $\triangle ABC$ with$\angle B>\angle C$, the altitude, the angle bisector, and the median from $A$ intersect $BC$ at $H, L$ and $D$, respectively. Show that $\angle HAL=\angle DAL$ if and only if $\angle BAC=90^{\circ}$.
In a trapezoid, the length of one of the diagonals is equal to the sum of the lengths of the bases, and the angle between the diagonals is $60$ degrees. Prove that this trapezoid is isosceles.
In quadrilateral $ ABCD$, it is given that $ \angle A \equal{} 120^\circ$, angles $ B$ and $ D$ are right angles, $ AB \equal{} 13$, and $ AD \equal{} 46$. Then $ AC \equal{}$
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 60 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 62 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 64 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 65 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 72$
An arbitrary point $P$ is chosen on the lateral side $AB$ of the trapezoid $ABCD$. Straight lines passing through it parallel to the diagonals of the trapezoid intersect the bases at points $Q$ and $R$. Prove that the sides $QR$ of all possible triangles $PQR$ pass through a fixed point.
An isosceles trapezoid is divided by each diagonal into two isosceles triangles. Determine the angles of the trapezoid.
In an isosceles trapezoid, the diagonals are perpendicular. Find the distance from the center of the circle described around the trapezoid to the point of intersection of its diagonals, if the lengths of the bases are equal to $a$ and $b$.
Let $C$ and $D$ be two points on the semicricle with diameter $AB$ such that $B$ and $C$ are on distinct sides of the line $AD$. Denote by $M$, $N$ and $P$ the midpoints of $AC$, $BD$ and $CD$ respectively. Let $O_A$ and $O_B$ the circumcentres of the triangles $ACP$ and $BDP$. Show that the lines $O_AO_B$ and $MN$ are parallel.
Triangles $ABC$ and $ABD$ are isosceles with $AB =AC = BD$, and $BD$ intersects $AC$ at $E$. If $BD$ is perpendicular to $AC$, then $\angle C + \angle D$ is
[asy]
size(130);
defaultpen(linewidth(0.8) + fontsize(11pt));
pair A, B, C, D, E;
real angle = 70;
B = origin;
A = dir(angle);
D = dir(90-angle);
C = rotate(2*(90-angle), A) * B;
draw(A--B--C--cycle);
draw(B--D--A);
E = extension(B, D, C, A);
draw(rightanglemark(B, E, A, 1.5));
label("$A$", A, dir(90));
label("$B$", B, dir(210));
label("$C$", C, dir(330));
label("$D$", D, dir(0));
label("$E$", E, 1.5*dir(340));
[/asy]
$\textbf{(A)}\ 115^\circ \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 120^\circ \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 130^\circ \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 135^\circ \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{not uniquely determined}$
Let $ABCD$ be a right-angled trapezoid and $M$ be the midpoint of its greater lateral side $CD$. Circumcircles $\omega_{1}$ and $\omega_{2}$ of triangles $BCM$ and $AMD$ meet for the second time at point $E$. Let $ED$ meet $\omega_{1}$ at point $F$, and $FB$ meet $AD$ at point $G$. Prove that $GM$ bisects angle $BGD$.
Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid with $AB$ parallel to $CD$ and perpendicular to $BC$. Let $M$ be a point on $BC$ such that $\angle AMB = \angle DMC$. If $AB = 3$, $BC = 24$, and $CD = 4$, what is the value of $AM + MD$?
Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid with bases $AD$ and $BC$, and let $M$ be the midpoint of $CD$. The circumcircle of triangle $BCM$ meets $AC$ and $BD$ again at $E$ and $F$, with $E$ and $F$ distinct, and line $EF$ meets the circumcircle of triangle $AEM$ again at $P$. Prove that $CP$ is parallel to $BD$.
[i]Proposed by Ariel García[/i]
In trapezoid $ABCD$ the sides $BC$ and $AD$ are parallel, $AC = BC + AD$, and the angle between the diagonals is equal to $ 60^o$. Prove that $AB = CD$.
(Stanislav Smirnov, St Petersburg)
Given the trapezoid $ABCD$ with the $BC\parallel AD$, let $C_1$ and $C_2$ be circles with diameters $AB$ and $CD$ respectively. Let $M$ and $N$ be the intersection points of $C_1$ with $AC$ and $BD$ respectively. Let $K$ and $L$ be the intersection points of $C_2$ with $AC$ and $BD$ respectively. Given $M\ne A$, $N\ne B$, $K\ne C$, $L\ne D$. Prove that $NK \parallel ML$.