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Saudi Arabia Mathematical Competitions 2012

Saudi Arabia 2012 geometry

Problem

Let be a convex quadrilateral such that . The lines and meet at point , the circles and meet again at point , and the lines and meet at point . Show that .

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Solution
We shall prove that the circles and meet again at the incenter of the triangle , so the line is the radical axis of the circles and . Noticing further that the lines and are the radical axes of the pairs of circles and , respectively, it follows that the lines , and are concurrent (at point ), and the conclusion follows.

To show that the point lies on the circle , notice that Similarly, the point lies on the circle , for

Techniques

Radical axis theoremTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleAngle chasing