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Korean Mathematical Olympiad

South Korea geometry

Problem

The incircle of a triangle is tangent to , , at the points , , , respectively. Suppose the line intersects the lines , , , at the points , , , , respectively, where the incenter of is . If the line passing through both the midpoint of and intersects at a point , show that

The incircle of a triangle ABC is tangent to BC, AC, AB at the points D, E, F, respectively. Suppose the line EF intersects the lines BI, CI, BC, DI at the points K, L, M, Q, respectively, where the incenter of ΔABC is I. If the line passing through both the midpoint of CL and M intersects CK at a point P, show that
Solution
Since and are tangent lines to the incircle of , . But the line bisects , so and are perpendicular to each other. Similarly, and are perpendicular to each other. It follows that and . Since is tangent to

the excircle of , , and so . Thus , which means that the point lies on the excircle of the quadrilateral . Therefore . In a similar way, it can be proved that . Applying Menelaus theorem to with respect to the line leads to the equality , from which we get , as . Since and bisect the internal angle and external angle of at , respectively, holds. Combining this with , we get . It follows that and are parallel to each other. Let be the intersection point of and . Note that is the orthocenter of the . It can easily be seen that and , and so . It follows that . Since the points , , , are concyclic, , from which we obtain . Since and , and are similar to each other, and so from which the conclusion follows.

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleMenelaus' theoremTangentsCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing