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2019 geometry

Problem

Given semicircle with diameter and center . On the we take point such that the tangent at the intersects the line at the point . The perpendicular line from to intersects the diameter at the point . On the we get the points , such that . The line intersects the lines , , at the points , , respectively and the parallel line from to the line intersects the lines , at the points , respectively. We consider the circumcircle of the triangle , which intersects again the lines , at the points , respectively. Let , , be the tangents of the at the points , , respectively and , , . Prove that if is the center of , then the lines , , pass through the same point, which lies in the line .

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Solution
Since we have . So from the cyclic quadrilateral we get Figure 9: G9 We draw the perpendicular line to at the point . Let be the intersection point of lines and . Then is diameter of the circle and From the right triangle we have

Therefore, from (1), (2) and (3) we get However and thus . Thus, is the midpoint of the segment . Nevertheless, , so the points are the midpoints of the sides and respectively. Therefore, the circumcircle () of the triangle is the Euler circle of the and thus it passes through the point . We have and from the right triangles we get . Therefore, the points are located on the perpendicular bisector of the segment . Now, we conclude that , because . Similarly, we prove that and . Since the triangles and are homothetic we get that the lines are concurrent at the center of homothety. The points and are the incenters of homothetic triangles and , respectively. Thus, the line passes through the point . □

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTangentsHomothetyConcurrency and CollinearityAngle chasing