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62nd Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad, Third Round, Second Tour

Ukraine geometry

Problem

The inscribed circle of triangle is tangent to its sides , and at points , and correspondently. Let be the point of intersection of the bisector of with the line . Prove that .

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Solution
Denote the inscribed circle by , its center by (fig. 19), and its angles by . From symmetry, and . Then with simple calculations we get and . Similarly for other angles.



Fig. 19





the quadrilateral is inscribed. As , we get .

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTangentsCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing