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ILL 1985 Problem 30

    A plane rectangular grid is given and a "rational point" is defined as a point (x,y)(x, y) where xx and yy are both rational numbers. Let A,B,A′,B′A,B,A',B' be four distinct rational points. Let PP be a point such that A′B′AB=B′PBP=PA′PA.\frac{A'B'}{AB}=\frac{B'P}{BP} = \frac{PA'}{PA}. In other words, the triangles ABP,A′B′PABP, A'B'P are directly or oppositely similar. Prove that PP is in general a rational point and find the exceptional positions of A′A' and B′B' relative to AA and BB such that there exists a PP that is not a rational point.

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