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sum of areas on n-1 #s <1/2 [ABC] - All-Russian MO 1996 Regional (R4) 10.6

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September 23, 2024
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Problem Statement

Given triangle A0B0C0A_0B_0C_0. On the segment A0B0A_0B_0 points A1A_1, A2A_2, ......, AnA_n, and on the segment B0C0B_0C_0 - points C1C_1, C2C_2, ......, CnCn so that all segments AiCi+1A_iC_{i+1} (i=0i = 0, 11, ......,n−1n-1) are parallel to each other and all segments CiAi+1 C_iA_{i+1} (i=0i = 0, 11, ......,n−1n-1) are too. Segments C0A1C_0A_1, A1C2A_1C_2, A2C1A_2C_1 and C1A0C_1A_0 bound a certain parallelogram, segments C1A2C_1A_2, A2C3A_2C_3, A3C2A_3C_2 and C2A1C_2A_1 too, etc. Prove that the sum of the areas of all n−1n -1 resulting parallelograms less than half the area of triangle A0B0C0A_0B_0C_0.
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