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58th Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad

Ukraine geometry

Problem

Non-isosceles triangle is given, in which . Let be the incenter of the inscribed circle in , be the middle of the sector of the circumscribed circle. Let be such point on the line that . Prove that line is tangent to the circumcircle of .
Solution
Without loss of generality, suppose . Let angular bisector of intersect the circumcircle of the triangle second time in point , and let point be the middle of . Let us prove that . For that, from and , we draw perpendiculars and on line (Fig. 14). It is known that

Notice also that quadrilateral is inscribed with diameter . Let us show that . From the trillium theorem, , i.e. Now, in , is altitude and median, which makes isosceles, and so which yields the statement of the problem.

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTangentsCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing