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Final Round

Belarus geometry

Problem

Given triangle with , , . The pairs of points and , and , and are marked on the sides , , , respectively so that the following equalities are valid:

problem




Prove that the points of intersection of the lines , and belong to the circumcircle of the triangle .
Solution
Let be points of intersection of the bisectors and the circumcircle of a triangle , respectively (see the Fig.). Let be the incenter of and let the segment meet at . Let be the intersection point of and . By the trefoil theorem , i.e. is isosceles. Since (as inscribed angles subtending equal arcs), the ray is the bisector of the isosceles triangle , hence is the perpendicular bisector of the side . Therefore, is also isosceles and . Since is the bisector of the angle , we have , so . Then we have , so . Therefore coincide with . Thus, and lie on the segment . Similarly, we see that and lie on , and lie on , which gives the required statement.

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleAngle chasingConstructions and loci