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5 Bulgarian National Olympiad - Final Round

Bulgaria geometry

Problem

Given is a triangle and the points , lie on the segments , , respectively, such that and . If and meet at and , find the measure of .
Solution
Let be the reflection of across , so and be the circumcenter of . As and , we have , so is cyclic. Now , hence . Therefore must be the midpoint of , implying that .
Final answer
90°

Techniques

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