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Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad

North Macedonia geometry

Problem

A trapezoid (, ) is circumscribed. The incircle of the triangle touches the lines and at the points and , respectively. Prove that the incenter of the trapezoid lies on the line .
Solution
Version 1. Let be the incenter of triangle and be the common point of the lines and . Since the quadrilateral is cyclic. \qquad (1) It follows that and therefore (2)

Version 2. If is the incenter of the trapezoid , then , and are collinear, \qquad (1') and \qquad (2') The quadrilateral is cyclic. \qquad (3') Then \qquad (4') and , \qquad (5')

Version 3. If is the incenter of the trapezoid , let and be the unique points, such that and . (1'') Let be the intersection point of and . Then . (2'') Consider such that . Then is the midpoint of . (3'') We deduce We conclude that , hence , and are collinear. (5'')

Techniques

Inscribed/circumscribed quadrilateralsCyclic quadrilateralsTangentsTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleAngle chasingConcurrency and CollinearityTriangle trigonometry