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China Southeastern Mathematical Olympiad

China geometry

Problem

Let , and be angular bisectors of . Let and , where and lie on and , respectively, and let line intersect at . The points and are obtained similarly. Prove that points , , are collinear. (posed by Tao Pingsheng)
Solution
By the Menelaus Inverse Theorem, we need only to show that Since line intersects , by Menelaus' Theorem, we have . So Similarly, we have By and , we have Moreover, by and , we have Then by ②, ⑤ and ⑥, we have

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Menelaus' theoremTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleConstructions and loci