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Geometry Difficulty 6.0 National Olympiad Prove it JBMO

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 O1O2∥ABO_{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 O1O2⊥ADO_{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 ED⊥CDED \perp CD and EA⊥CAEA \perp CA, so ED∥AHED \parallel AH and EA∥DHEA \parallel DH since AH⊥CDAH \perp CD and DH⊥ACDH \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=2FO1⇒ABC^=O1O2F^=30∘O_{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 O1O2⊥ADO_{1}O_{2} \perp AD, therefore DAB^=90∘\widehat{DAB} = 90^{\circ} and O2O_{2} is the midpoint of [BD][BD].
Take E=DH∩ACE = DH \cap AC, F=AH∩BCF = AH \cap BC and M=AD∩O1O2M = AD \cap O_{1}O_{2}.
We have CEH^=CFH^=90∘⇒CEHF\widehat{CEH} = \widehat{CFH} = 90^{\circ} \Rightarrow CEHF is cyclic, hence ACD^=AHD^\widehat{ACD} = \widehat{AHD}.
But ACD^=arc⁡AD/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 △HDA≡△O1DO2⇒DA=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^)=30∘m(\widehat{ABD}) = 30^{\circ}.
Then we get ACB^=45∘\widehat{ACB} = 45^{\circ} and BAC^=105∘\widehat{BAC} = 105^{\circ}.

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