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Iranian Mathematical Olympiad

Iran geometry

Problem

Let be the circumcircle of an acute triangle . Let be the midpoint of arc in and be the incenter of triangle . Suppose intersects at and at for the second time. Suppose the parallel line to from meets at . Prove that is the bisector of .

problem
Solution
Let be the point of intersection of the perpendicular bisector of and circle , so is a diagonal of and . Since is the midpoint of arc , is the angle bisector of . Therefore where is the intersection point of line and the extension of .



So quadrilateral is cyclic and consequently . This fact and implies that is the angle bisector of and this is what we wanted to prove.

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsPolar triangles, harmonic conjugatesAngle chasing