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37th Iranian Mathematical Olympiad

Iran geometry

Problem

Consider a triangle with incenter . Let be the intersection point of and , and let intersect the circumcircle of at . Point lies on the line such that . Let be the reflection of with respect to . Prove that is cyclic.

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Solution
Let be the intersection point of line and the circumcircle of , then, since and , so , it follows that the points , , , lie on a circle. Suppose intersects this circle at point , other than . Let be the intersection point of line and the circumcircle of and be where lines and meet.



Since , noting the parallel lines, we have Now we have and so we have On the other hand, since we have So we get and that easily gives us . Then we have and since we have so . Thus, is cyclic as desired. ■

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsTriangle trigonometryAngle chasing