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THE 68th ROMANIAN MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD

Romania geometry

Problem

In the triangle we denote by and the circumcenter and the incenter, respectively. The perpendicular bisectors of the line segments , and pairwise intersect, thus defining the triangle . Prove that

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Solution
Let be the intersection point of the perpendicular bisectors of the line segments and . Let the angle bisector intersect the circumcircle of at . Since and , it follows that , hence . Thus, belongs to the circumcircle of and the same goes for and .

Observe that is the orthocenter of and since is its circumcenter, Sylvester's relation yields , as desired.

Techniques

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