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Indija TS 2008

India 2008 geometry

Problem

The in-circle of a triangle touches the side at . Let be the point which is diametrically opposite to on the circle . The tangent through to meets in . The tangent to through , other than , touches at . Prove that the circum-circle of triangle touches at .
Solution
Observe that is the polar of , is the polar of and is the polar of . Since , , are collinear, it follows that , , are concurrent. Let the point of concurrency be . Let be the point of intersection of and . Since \{\} form a harmonic range, \{AE, AD, AB, AD'\} is a harmonic pencil. It follows that \{D', B, D, C\} is a harmonic range. We also observe that . Therefore bisects . This implies that is the mid-point of the minor arc of , where , are the points of intersection of , with . Hence is parallel to . Now It follows that is tangent to the circum-circle of the triangle .

Techniques

TangentsPolar triangles, harmonic conjugatesTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleAngle chasing