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Sharygin CR 2019 P23

Source: Sharygin CR 2019 P23 (Grade 10 - 11)

March 6, 2019
geometry

Problem Statement

In the plane, let aa, bb be two closed broken lines (possibly self-intersecting), and KK, LL, MM, NN be four points. The vertices of aa, bb and the points KK LL, MM, NN are in general position (i.e. no three of these points are collinear, and no three segments between them concur at an interior point). Each of segments KLKL and MNMN meets aa at an even number of points, and each of segments LMLM and NKNK meets aa at an odd number of points. Conversely, each of segments KLKL and MNMN meets bb at an odd number of points, and each of segments LMLM and NKNK meets bb at an even number of points. Prove that aa and bb intersect.