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Problem:

Point DD lies on the side [BC][BC] of ABC\triangle ABC. The circumcenters of ADC\triangle ADC and BAD\triangle BAD are O1O_{1} and O2O_{2}, respectively, and O1O2ABO_{1}O_{2} \parallel AB. The orthocenter of ADC\triangle ADC is HH and AH=O1O2AH = O_{1}O_{2}. Find the angles of ABC\triangle ABC if 2m(C)=3m(B)2m(\angle C) = 3m(\angle B).

Solutions — 2

Solution 1

Solution:

Figure 1
As ADAD is the radical axis of the circumcircles of ADC\triangle ADC and BAD\triangle BAD, we have that O1O2ADO_{1}O_{2} \perp AD, therefore DAB^=90\widehat{DAB} = 90^{\circ}. Let FF be the midpoint of [CD][CD] and [CE][CE] be a diameter of the circumcircle of ADC\triangle ADC. Then EDCDED \perp CD and EACAEA \perp CA, so EDAHED \parallel AH and EADHEA \parallel DH since AHCDAH \perp CD and DHACDH \perp AC (HH is the orthocenter of ADC\triangle ADC), and hence EAHDEAHD is a parallelogram. Therefore O1O2=AH=ED=2O1FO_{1}O_{2} = AH = ED = 2O_{1}F, so in FO1O2\triangle FO_{1}O_{2} with O1FO2^=90\widehat{O_{1}FO_{2}} = 90^{\circ} we have O1O2=2FO1ABC^=O1O2F^=30O_{1}O_{2} = 2FO_{1} \Rightarrow \widehat{ABC} = \widehat{O_{1}O_{2}F} = 30^{\circ}.

Then we get ACB^=45\widehat{ACB} = 45^{\circ} and BAC^=105\widehat{BAC} = 105^{\circ}.

Solution 2

Solution:

Figure 2
As ADAD is the radical axis of the circumcircles of ADC\triangle ADC and BAD\triangle BAD, we have that O1O2ADO_{1}O_{2} \perp AD, therefore DAB^=90\widehat{DAB} = 90^{\circ} and O2O_{2} is the midpoint of [BD][BD].
Take E=DHACE = DH \cap AC, F=AHBCF = AH \cap BC and M=ADO1O2M = AD \cap O_{1}O_{2}.
We have CEH^=CFH^=90CEHF\widehat{CEH} = \widehat{CFH} = 90^{\circ} \Rightarrow CEHF is cyclic, hence ACD^=AHD^\widehat{ACD} = \widehat{AHD}.
But ACD^=arcAD/2=DO1O2^\widehat{ACD} = \operatorname{arc} AD / 2 = \widehat{DO_{1}O_{2}}, so AHD^=DO1O2^\widehat{AHD} = \widehat{DO_{1}O_{2}}. We know that AH=O1O2AH = O_{1}O_{2}.
We also have DAH^=O1O2D^\widehat{DAH} = \widehat{O_{1}O_{2}D} since AO2FMAO_{2}FM is cyclic with AMO2^=AFO2^\widehat{AMO_{2}} = \widehat{AFO_{2}}.
Therefore HDAO1DO2DA=DO2=BD/2\triangle HDA \equiv \triangle O_{1}DO_{2} \Rightarrow DA = DO_{2} = BD/2, so in right-angled ABD\triangle ABD we have m(ABD^)=30m(\widehat{ABD}) = 30^{\circ}.
Then we get ACB^=45\widehat{ACB} = 45^{\circ} and BAC^=105\widehat{BAC} = 105^{\circ}.

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