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Selection and Training Session

Belarus geometry

Problem

Let be the incenter of a triangle . The circle passing through and centered at meets the circumference of the triangle at points and . Prove that the line touches the incircle of the triangle .

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Solution
Let , , . Since , we obtain . We have and (as inscribed angles). Further, It follows that the triangles and are similar. Similarly, the triangles and are similar. Then , so . In the same manner we see that , so , which shows that , , , are concyclic. Then . Moreover, since , it follows that the triangles and are similar. Then . Since , we have Similarly, . Therefore, all bisectors of the quadrilateral intersect at the same point . Hence is a circumscribed quadrilateral. Thus touches the inscribed circle of the triangle .

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTangentsCyclic quadrilateralsInscribed/circumscribed quadrilateralsAngle chasing