geometry with quadrilaterals

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If the diagonals of a convex quadrilateral are divided into parts $w, x$ and $y, z$ by their point of intersection, then it is a tangential quadrilateral if and only if the angle $\theta$ between the diagonals satisfies $$\cos \theta=\dfrac{(w-x)(y-z)(2(wx+yz)-\sqrt{(w-x)^2(y-z)^2+4(wx-yz)^2})}{(w+x)^2(y+z)^2-16wxyz}$$

So please help me how to prove the statement above!

Here is what I know:

  • A convex quadrilateral is tangential if and only if its consecutive sides $a, b, c, d$ satisfies Pitot’s theorem, which is $a+c=b+d$.

  • $a^2=w^2+y^2-2wy\cos \theta$

  • $b^2=x^2+y^2-2xy\cos \theta$
  • $c^2=x^2+z^2-2xz\cos \theta$
  • $d^2=w^2+z^2-2wz\cos \theta$