DE-MO 1999 Problem 3
A mathematician investigates methods of finding area of a convex quadrilateral obtains the following formula for the area of a quadrilateral with consecutive sides : (1) and (2) where . However, these formulas are not valid for all convex quadrilaterals. Prove that (1) holds if and only if the quadrilateral is a rectangle, while (2) holds if and only if the quadrilateral is cyclic.
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