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Weird geometry

Source: Serbia TST 2022, Problem 6 (source: https://dms.rs/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ZADACI_IZBORNO_IMO_2022.pdf)

May 1, 2023
geometrytrapezoid

Problem Statement

Let ABCDABCD be a trapezoid with bases AB,CDAB,CD such that CD=kABCD=k \cdot AB (0<k<10<k<1). Point PP is such that PAB=CAD\angle PAB=\angle CAD and PBA=DBC\angle PBA=\angle DBC. Prove that PA+PB11k2ABPA+PB \leq \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1-k^2}} \cdot AB.