Junior Mathematical Olympiad - 2016

Solution:

Q4. Let ABCD be a parallelogram. Two points E and F are chosen on the

sides BC and CD, respectively, such that = m, and = n. Lines AE

and BF intersect at G. Prove that the ratio

Solution.

Draw parallel line from C to FB. intersecting the line AB produced at Q,. The lines AE
(produced) and CQ meet at P as shown in the figure.

Given = m, and = n. To find required ratio we write it in the form.

= .

Now, since PQ, || GB. Therefore APQ is similar to AGB implies that

, since in the parallelogram AB = DC and using BF||QC

Also PEC BGE (since PC||BG)

Therefore we obtain

Hence,