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MMO2025 Round 4

Mongolia 2025 geometry

Problem

Let be an acute triangle with altitudes , , and . Let be the circle with diameter , and suppose it intersects the segment at point inside triangle . On ray , let be a point such that . Let lines and intersect the circle again at points and , respectively. Prove that lines , , and are concurrent.

(Bilegdemberel Bat-Amgalan)

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Solution


Since , points and lie on circle .

We observe that: so quadrilateral is cyclic; denote its circumcircle by . Similarly, we get that is cyclic; denote its circumcircle by . Now consider the radical axes of these three circles:

- The radical axis of and is line . - The radical axis of and is line . - The radical axis of and is line .

By the Radical Axis Theorem, these three radical axes are concurrent. Therefore, the lines , , and meet at a single point.

Techniques

Radical axis theoremCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing