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SELECTION EXAMINATION

Greece geometry

Problem

Let be an acute angled triangle inscribed in the circle (with ) and let be the touching points of the incircle of the triangle with the sides , , , respectively. The circumcircle of the triangle (say, ) intersects the circle at point . The circumcircle of the triangle (say, ) intersects the circle at point . The circumcircle of the triangle (say, ) intersects the circle at point . Prove that:

(α) The quadrilateral is cyclic.

(β) The lines , and are concurrent.
Solution
From the inscribed in the circle quadrilateral we have: From the inscribed quadrilateral (since bisector), we have From the inscribed quadrilateral (since bisector), we have: From the inscribed quadrilateral we have: . From the inscribed quadrilateral we have . Hence: . From the inscribed quadrilateral we have: Hence: Therefore the quadrilateral is cyclic. Similarly we prove that the quadrilaterals and are cyclic.

Finally, we conclude that the lines , and are concurrent at the radical point of three circles.

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsTangentsRadical axis theoremAngle chasing