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Geometry Difficulty 5.8 AIME, harder Prove it Bulgaria

Problem:
Two tangent circles with centers O1O_{1} and O2O_{2} are inscribed in a given angle. Prove that if a third circle with center on the segment O1O2O_{1} O_{2} is inscribed in the angle and passes through one of the points O1O_{1} and O2O_{2} then it passes through the other one too.

Solution

Solution:
Denote the circles by k1(O1,r)k_{1}(O_{1}, r), k2(O2,R)k_{2}(O_{2}, R) and k(O,x)k(O, x), where r<x<Rr < x < R. Let AA, BB and CC be the feet of the perpendiculars from O1O_{1}, OO and O2O_{2}, respectively, to the arm pp of the given angle OpqO p q. Let ll be the line through O1O_{1} parallel to pp and let ll meet OBO B and O2CO_{2} C at points MM and NN, respectively. Then

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O1OMO1O2N\triangle O_{1} O M \sim \triangle O_{1} O_{2} N and therefore
OO1O1O2=OMO2N \frac{O O_{1}}{O_{1} O_{2}} = \frac{O M}{O_{2} N}
We have OM=OBBM=OBO1A=xrO M = O B - B M = O B - O_{1} A = x - r, O1O2=r+RO_{1} O_{2} = r + R and O2N=O2CCN=O2CO1A=RrO_{2} N = O_{2} C - C N = O_{2} C - O_{1} A = R - r.

If kk passes through O1O_{1}, then OO1=xO O_{1} = x and we get the equation
xR+r=xrRr \frac{x}{R + r} = \frac{x - r}{R - r}
whence x=r+R2x = \frac{r + R}{2}.

If kk passes through O2O_{2}, then OO1=R+rxO O_{1} = R + r - x and
R+rxR+r=xrRr \frac{R + r - x}{R + r} = \frac{x - r}{R - r}
whence we have again x=r+R2x = \frac{r + R}{2}.

In both cases OO is the midpoint of O1O2O_{1} O_{2} and kk passes through O1O_{1} and O2O_{2}.

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