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SELECTION and TRAINING SESSION

Belarus geometry

Problem

Let the incircle of the triangle touch the side at point ; the incircles of the triangles and touch , and , at points , and , , respectively. Prove that is a cyclic quadrilateral.
Solution
(Solution by A. Gaponenko, D. Voynov.) First, note that incircles of the triangles and touch at the same point (well-known fact). Hence . Also , . Now we have It follows that which finishes the proof.

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsTangentsAngle chasing