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Mongolian Mathematical Olympiad

Mongolia geometry

Problem

Let be arbitrary point inside triangle . Lines , , intersect circumcircle of the triangle at points , , respectively. Denote , , centres of circumcircles of triangles , , respectively. Show that lines , , pass through a point.
Solution
Let be intersection point of the line with circumcircle of the triangle . Assume that . Now let's prove that .

Let , . Since points , , , are concyclic,

It is easy to show that Also from and follows

Therefore . (★★★) Combining (*) and (★★★), we get Thus we conclude that points , , , are concyclic. By (★★), . Hence we have that shows the line passes through the point . Analogously, it is possible to prove that the point lies on the line .

Techniques

Concurrency and CollinearityAngle chasingCyclic quadrilateralsTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circle