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China Southeastern Mathematical Olympiad

China geometry

Problem

Let be the incircle of with . is tangent to and at and , respectively. The tangent line of intersects the extended line of at . Segment is parallel to and intersects at point . Line intersects at points and such that is on segment . Segment intersects at the other point . Prove that .
Solution
Therefore, , that is, . Hence, points , and are collinear.

Line intersects . By Menelaus' Theorem, we have Since , and , we have Let the extension of intersect at point . Then line intersects . By Menelaus' Theorem, Since is parallel to , , we have By ① and ②, we have . Hence, . Thus, we have , and . Further, since , therefore .

Techniques

Menelaus' theoremTangentsAngle chasingTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circle