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International Mathematical Olympiad

China geometry

Problem

Let be an acute-angled triangle with . The circle with diameter intersects the sides and at and respectively. Denote by the midpoint of the side . The bisectors of the angles and intersect at . Prove that the circumcircles of the triangles and have a common point lying on the side .
Solution
We first show that the points are concyclic. Since is an acute-angled triangle, and are on the line segments and respectively. Let be the point such that the points are concyclic, where is on the ray . Since bisects , we have . Since and lie on the circle with centre , we have . It follows from and that is on the bisector of . Since , the bisectors of the angles and intersect at the unique point , and so , or are concyclic.

Let the bisector of meet at . Since the points are concyclic, . Moreover, since are concyclic, . This implies . Therefore, the points are concyclic. Using the same argument as above, we obtain that are concyclic. This completes the solution.

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing