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SAUDI ARABIAN MATHEMATICAL COMPETITIONS

Saudi Arabia geometry

Problem

Let be a triangle with is an obtuse angle. Denote as the internal angle bisector of triangle with and suppose that . The altitude of triangle intersects at . Let be the circumcenter of triangles . Suppose that meet at respectively. Prove that .

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Solution
Denote as the projection of on and is the diameter of . It is easy to see that . We have This implies that is the inscribed quadrilateral and . Hence, are collinear and . Triangle is isosceles then is the angle bisector of . Note that is the angle bisector of . Then is the incenter of triangle .



So is the midpoint of minor of the circumcircle of , then are collinear. We have Based on the property of bisector in triangle, we have Hence, . We have is the midpoint of also is the circumcenter of quadrilateral . From this, we can conclude that is the angle bisector in triangle and

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasingTriangle trigonometry