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Geometry Difficulty 4.5 AIME Prove it Ireland

The points AA, BB, PP, QQ are collinear, and ABCDABCD is a parallelogram. The lines PDPD and BCBC meet at EE. The lines QCQC and ADAD meet at FF. The lines PFPF and BCBC meet at HH. The lines QEQE and ADAD meet at GG.
Prove that GHGH is parallel to ABAB.

Solution

The Intercept Theorem applied to AG∥BHAG \parallel BH and lines intersecting at PP gives
∣PA∣∣PB∣=∣AF∣∣BH∣and∣PA∣∣PB∣=∣AD∣∣BE∣, hence ∣AF∣⋅∣BE∣=∣BH∣⋅∣AD∣. \frac{|PA|}{|PB|} = \frac{|AF|}{|BH|} \quad \text{and} \quad \frac{|PA|}{|PB|} = \frac{|AD|}{|BE|}, \text{ hence } |AF| \cdot |BE| = |BH| \cdot |AD|.

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Considering lines that intersect at QQ, we obtain in a similar way
∣QA∣∣QB∣=∣AG∣∣BE∣and∣QA∣∣QB∣=∣AF∣∣BC∣, hence ∣AF∣⋅∣BE∣=∣AG∣⋅∣BC∣. \frac{|QA|}{|QB|} = \frac{|AG|}{|BE|} \quad \text{and} \quad \frac{|QA|}{|QB|} = \frac{|AF|}{|BC|}, \text{ hence } |AF| \cdot |BE| = |AG| \cdot |BC|.

Taking into account ∣AD∣=∣BC∣|AD| = |BC|, these two equations imply ∣BH∣=∣AG∣|BH| = |AG|. Since AGAG and BHBH are parallel, this implies that ABHGABHG is a parallelogram.

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