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Geometry Difficulty 5.5 AIME, harder Prove it North Macedonia

A trapezoid ABCDABCD (ABCDAB \parallel CD, AB>CDAB > CD) is circumscribed. The incircle of the triangle ABCABC touches the lines ABAB and ACAC at the points MM and NN, respectively. Prove that the incenter of the trapezoid ABCDABCD lies on the line MNMN.

Solution

Version 1. Let II be the incenter of triangle ABCABC and RR be the common point of the lines BIBI and MNMN. Since
m(ANM^)=9012m(MAN^)andm(BIC^)=90+12m(MAN^) m(\widehat{ANM}) = 90^\circ - \frac{1}{2} m(\widehat{MAN}) \quad \text{and} \quad m(\widehat{BIC}) = 90^\circ + \frac{1}{2} m(\widehat{MAN})
the quadrilateral IRNCIRNC is cyclic. \qquad (1)
It follows that m(BRC^)=90m(\widehat{BRC}) = 90^\circ and therefore
m(BCR^)=90m(CBR^)=90(180m(BCD^))=12m(BCD^) m(\widehat{BCR}) = 90^\circ - m(\widehat{CBR}) = 90^\circ - (180^\circ - m(\widehat{BCD})) = \frac{1}{2} m(\widehat{BCD})
(2)

Version 2. If RR is the incenter of the trapezoid ABCDABCD, then BB, II and RR are collinear, \qquad (1')
and m(BRC^)=90m(\widehat{BRC}) = 90^\circ \qquad (2')
The quadrilateral IRNCIRNC is cyclic. \qquad (3')
Then m(MNC^)=90+12m(BAC^)m(\widehat{MNC}) = 90^\circ + \frac{1}{2} \cdot m(\widehat{BAC}) \qquad (4')
and m(RNC^)=m(BIC^)=90+12m(BAC^)m(\widehat{RNC}) = m(\widehat{BIC}) = 90^\circ + \frac{1}{2} \cdot m(\widehat{BAC}), \qquad (5')

Version 3. If RR is the incenter of the trapezoid ABCDABCD, let M(AB)M' \in (AB) and N(AC)N' \in (AC) be the unique points, such that RMNR \in M'N' and (AM)(AN)(AM') \equiv (AN'). (1'')
Let SS be the intersection point of CRCR and ABAB. Then CR=RSCR = RS. (2'')
Consider KACK \in AC such that SKMNSK \parallel M'N'. Then NN' is the midpoint of (CK)(CK). (3'')
We deduce
AN=AK+KC2=AS+AC2=ABBS+AC2=AB+ACBC2=AN.(4) AN' = \frac{AK + KC}{2} = \frac{AS + AC}{2} = \frac{AB - BS + AC}{2} = \frac{AB + AC - BC}{2} = AN. \quad (4'')
We conclude that N=NN = N', hence M=MM = M', and R,M,NR, M, N are collinear. (5'')

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