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Print37th Iranian Mathematical Olympiad
Iran geometry
Problem
Let be an isosceles triangle () with incenter . Circle passes through and and is tangent to . The circle intersects and circumcircle of at and , respectively. Let be the midpoint of and be the midpoint of . Prove that , and are concurrent.

Solution
Let be the midpoint of segment and be the midpoint of arc (). We call the circumcircle of triangle , and the intersection point of and segment , . We have So, and is the center of which gives us and . gives us . So, points and are collinear. Since , we have . Therefore So, the lines , and are concurrent. Let be the intersection point of lines and . It suffices to show that . Since and are collinear and is the midpoint of arc , We have Hence the result.
Techniques
Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTangentsCeva's theoremAngle chasingPolar triangles, harmonic conjugatesBrocard point, symmedians