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Belarus geometry
Problem
Point is marked on the side of triangle . The bisectors of the angles and meet at point , and the bisectors of the angles and meet at point . Let be the midpoint of the segment .
Prove that the lines and are perpendicular if and only if the inscribed circles of the triangles and are tangent.
Prove that the lines and are perpendicular if and only if the inscribed circles of the triangles and are tangent.
Solution
Note that the triangle is a right-angled triangle regardless of the position of the point since So is the center of the circumcircle of the triangle , and the condition is equivalent to the tangency of this circle and the line , and, by turn, is equivalent to the equality . Let the lines and meet at point . Since , the condition is equivalent to the equality , i.e. is equivalent to the similarity ; this similarity is equivalent to the equality . Thus, is equivalent to .
Note that and are the centers of the circles and of the triangles and , respectively. Let the circles and touch the side at points and , respectively. It is easy to see that the condition is equivalent to that is equivalent to . Let the circle touch the lines and at points and , respectively. Using the equality of the tangents to the circle , we get
Note that and are the centers of the circles and of the triangles and , respectively. Let the circles and touch the side at points and , respectively. It is easy to see that the condition is equivalent to that is equivalent to . Let the circle touch the lines and at points and , respectively. Using the equality of the tangents to the circle , we get
Techniques
Angle chasingTangentsTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circle