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The 35th Japanese Mathematical Olympiad

Japan geometry

Problem

Let be a cyclic quadrilateral with an incircle of radius . Let the extensions of sides and beyond and , respectively, meet at , and let the extensions of sides and beyond and , respectively, meet at . The inradii of triangle and are and , respectively. Find .
Solution


Let the inscribed circle of quadrilateral be tangent to sides , , , and at points , , , and , respectively. Since and are tangent segments from to this incircle, we have . Similarly, , and hold. Thus we have Since quadrilateral is concyclic, we have . Therefore, triangles and are similar. Since the similarity ratio is same as the ratio of the radii of their inscribed circles, it follows that . Similarly we have . Now we can write , , and . From we have and thus . We conclude that .
Final answer
15/11

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsInscribed/circumscribed quadrilateralsTangentsTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleAngle chasing