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Turkey 2019 geometry
Problem
Let be a triangle with . Let be the foot of the altitude drawn from to , be the intersection of and the internal bisector of the angle at , be the foot of the perpendicular drawn from to and be the intersection of and . Let be the intersection of with the line which passes through and is parallel to . Show that is the internal bisector of the angle .

Solution
Let and be the reflections of in the lines and , respectively. It is easy to see the following: are collinear, are collinear and are collinear.
By symmetry, . But, , hence are concyclic. Let be an arbitrary point on the line which passes through and which is parallel to . Then, , hence is tangent to the circle . By Pascal's theorem, the following three points are collinear: , and . Thus, the three lines are concurrent. Hence, passes through . Then, is the same angle as whose bisector is clearly .
By symmetry, . But, , hence are concyclic. Let be an arbitrary point on the line which passes through and which is parallel to . Then, , hence is tangent to the circle . By Pascal's theorem, the following three points are collinear: , and . Thus, the three lines are concurrent. Hence, passes through . Then, is the same angle as whose bisector is clearly .
Techniques
TangentsCyclic quadrilateralsIsogonal/isotomic conjugates, barycentric coordinatesAngle chasing