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North Macedonia geometry
Problem
Let be a triangle. The external and internal angle bisectors of intersect side at and , respectively. Let be a point on the segment . The circumcircle of triangle intersects and at and , respectively. Let be the mid-point of and the foot of on . Prove that is the incenter of triangle .
Solution
Denote by the circumcircle of . The key idea in the problem is to introduce a new point which we define as the second intersection of and . We now note that the where . As is an external bisector of . The signs depend on the picture and student shouldn't be deduced any points for not noticing this. Hence we have either or so in both cases . Now as is midpoint of this means that is bisector of and hence passes through the centre of the. This shows that is a diameter of and . We also notice that as angle between bisectors and as is a diameter. Hence are collinear. Now this gives us and as is a diameter of and finally again . All this gives us that quadrilaterals and are cyclic. Final step is to use some angle chasing to get where first, second and fourth equalities are due to cyclicity of , and respectively. Also where the second and fourth equalities are due to cyclicity of and . This shows is the incenter of as desired.
Techniques
Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing