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Print58th Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad
Ukraine geometry
Problem
Let be an acute angled triangle, and be its bisector, be the incenter of , and be the midpoints of and , respectively. Inside the triangles and we choose points and , such that
, , . Prove that radiuses of the circumcircles of the triangles and are equal.

, , . Prove that radiuses of the circumcircles of the triangles and are equal.
Solution
(Anton Trigub) Fig. 46 Suppose that lines and meet the circumcircle of (second time) in the points and , respectively (Fig. 46). Since , then circumcircle of the triangle tangent to the line . Consider the triangle . According to well-known fact this triangle is isosceles. Then the circumcircle of the triangle tangents to as well. Thus a symmedian of the belongs to the line . Then . It means that belongs to the circumcircle of the . In the same way belongs to this circumcircle as well. Let us note that (they have equal sides), and thus the radius of the circumcircle of equal to the radius of the circumcircle of .
Techniques
Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTangentsBrocard point, symmediansAngle chasing