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65th Czech and Slovak Mathematical Olympiad

Czech Republic geometry

Problem

Let be a triangle with the shortest side . Let , , , be points on sides , and on rays opposite to rays , respectively such that . Line intersects line in a point . Prove that centroid of triangle coincides with incentre of triangle .

(Tomáš Jurík)

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Solution
Since is an external angle of the isosceles triangle with the apex (see the picture), a line is parallel to a bisectrix of the angle .



Fig. 4

The ratio yields, that the bisectrix of meets the centroid of the triangle . If we denote its median and its intersection with the bisectrix of then we obtain from similarity of the triangles (by A-A). So the point divides the median in the same ratio as the centroid and therefore it is the centroid of the triangle .

It follows from the symmetry of the problem, that bisectrix of the angle meets the centroid of the triangle . And the fact, that intersection of the bisectrices is the incentre, proves the claim of the problem.

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleAngle chasingConstructions and loci