Let be a cyclic quadrilateral. Let be the feet of the perpendiculars from to the lines respectively. If the bisectors of and are concurrent with AC.
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It is well-known that P , Q , R are collinear ( Simson Line Theorem ).
Moreover, since ∠ D P C and ∠ D Q C are right angles, the points D , P , Q , C are concyclic and so ∠ D C A = ∠ D P Q = ∠ D P R ( ∠ subtende by chord D Q ).
Similarly, since D , Q , R , A are concyclic, we have ∠ D A C = ∠ D R P .
Therefore Δ D C A ∼ Δ D P R .
Likewise, Δ D A B ∼ Δ D Q P and Δ D B C ∼ Δ D R Q . . Then
D C D A = D P D R = D B B A P Q D B B C Q R = P Q Q R ⋅ B C B A .
Now the bisectors of the angles A B C and A D C divide A C in the ratios of B C B A and D C D A , respectively.
So, P Q Q R = 1
Thus P Q = Q R