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59th Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad

Ukraine geometry

Problem

Equilateral triangle is inscribed in circle . Points and are chosen on sides and , respectively, so that . Circumscribed circle of intersects circle at point . Rays and intersect line at points and , respectively. Prove that the center point of inscribed circle of does not depend on the choice of points and . (Danylo Khilko)

problem
Solution
Let us denote by intersection point of and . Then, . Analogously, (fig. 27). Then, .

Thus, quadrilateral is inscribed in circle , which point lies on. We draw a bisector of until its intersection with at some point . Obviously, point is the middle of the smaller arc of circle . Let us prove that is the center of equilateral . by the side and two adjacent angles. Hence, . Naturally, and . Thus, by two pairs of sides and an angle between them, which yields , i.e. quadrilateral is inscribed, hence, . Therefore, point lies on the bisector of in the same half-plane as point with respect to line , and . Obviously, then point is the center of .

Now, we prove that is the incenter of . Clearly, then this center does not depend on the points and . Obviously, , i.e. is a bisector of . Suffices to show that is a bisector of . , hence, quadrilateral is inscribed, and , as radii. Therefore, i.e. is a bisector of .

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasingTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circle