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BMO Round 1, 2023

Geometry Difficulty 7.0 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it United Kingdom

In an acute, non-isosceles triangle ABCABC the midpoints of ACAC and ABAB are B1B_1 and C1C_1 respectively. A point DD lies on BCBC with CC between BB and DD. The point FF is such that ∠AFC\angle AFC is a right angle and ∠DCF=∠FCA\angle DCF = \angle FCA. The point GG is such that ∠AGB\angle AGB is a right angle and ∠CBG=∠GBA\angle CBG = \angle GBA. Prove that B1B_1, C1C_1, FF and GG are collinear.

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