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Bulgaria

Bulgaria geometry

Problem

Isosceles () is inscribed in a circle . A point lies on the side . A point from the ray ( lies between and ) is such that . The circumcircle of intersects at and , where is from the arc , not containing . The lines and intersect at . Prove that .
Solution
Denote and . Let be the incenter of . It follows that and , which implies that the quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle . Analogously we have that the quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle which in fact is the the circumcircle of . Therefore is a point of . Since , we conclude that has one and the same degree with respect to and . Hence lies on , which is the angular bisector of . This implies the desired equality .

Techniques

Radical axis theoremInscribed/circumscribed quadrilateralsAngle chasingTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circle