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SAUDI ARABIAN MATHEMATICAL COMPETITIONS

Saudi Arabia geometry

Problem

Let be an acute triangle and be its circumcircle. Denote by its orthocenter and the midpoint of . The lines , intersect , at , respectively. The circles and meet again at .

1. Prove that , , are collinear and , , are concurrent.

2. Let be the foot of the angle bisector of on the side . The circle intersects again at and intersects the line at out of the side . Suppose that , intersect the circle again at , respectively. Prove that .

problem
Solution
1) From the power of point to circle, we have But it is easy to see that then belongs to the radical axis of two circles , . Hence, , , are collinear. Denote then which implies that , , , are concyclic, then . Then by considering the radical axis of three circles , , , we can conclude that , , are concurrent.



2) Using sine law in some triangle, we get and Then This implies that is the Apollonius circle of triangle . Thus or is the harmonic quadrilateral, then is the symmedian of triangle . Hence, , are isogonal conjugate in angle , also in angle . Since , , we have . Finally, is the external bisector of the angle , also of the angle then is the midpoint of major . From these, we can conclude that .

Techniques

Radical axis theoremCircle of ApolloniusBrocard point, symmediansIsogonal/isotomic conjugates, barycentric coordinatesTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTriangle trigonometryCyclic quadrilaterals