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FINAL ROUND

Belarus geometry

Problem

The circle passes through the vertices and of a triangle , and meets its sides and at points and respectively. Let be the midpoint of the arc , and be the midpoint of the arc of . Find the angle between the line and the bisector of the angle .
Solution
Let and . Then . By denote the degree measure of the arc that does not contain the vertex , by denote the degree measure of the arc that does not contain the vertex . Then and . Let be the point of intersection of the lines and . Let the figure shows the positions of , , and . The angle is the external angle for the triangle , so . We have and

Therefore, Let the bisector of the angle meet the side at . The angle is the external angle for the triangle , so $$ \text{Since } \angle BZX + \angle ALC = 90^\circ, \text{ we have } AL \perp XY.
Final answer
90 degrees

Techniques

Angle chasing