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Geometry Difficulty 6.5 National olympiad Prove it Austria

Let ABCABC denote a triangle. The point XX lies on the extension of ACAC beyond AA, such that AX=ABAX = AB. Similarly, the point YY lies on the extension of BCBC beyond BB such that BY=ABBY = AB.
Prove that the circumcircles of ACYACY and BCXBCX intersect a second time in a point different from CC that lies on the bisector of the angle BCA\angle BCA.

Solution

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As usual, we denote the angles of the triangle at AA, BB and CC with α\alpha, β\beta and γ\gamma.
It is sufficient to show that the center IcI_c of the excircle touching the line ABAB lies on the two circles. To do this, we look at the respective inscribed angles.
Since the triangle AYBAYB is isosceles, the following holds:
CYA=BYA=90YBA/2=9090+β/2=β/2. \angle CYA = \angle BYA = 90^\circ - \angle YBA/2 = 90^\circ - 90^\circ + \beta/2 = \beta/2.

But it is also true that
CIcA=180{}(180{}α)/2αγ/2=90{}α/2γ/2=β/2. \angle CI_c A = 180^\{\circ\} - (180^\{\circ\} - \alpha)/2 - \alpha - \gamma/2 = 90^\{\circ\} - \alpha/2 - \gamma/2 = \beta/2.
So IcI_c lies on the circumcircle of ACYACY by the inverse of the inscribed angle theorem. In the same way, one also obtains that IcI_c lies on the circumcircle of BCXBCX. So IcI_c is the second point of intersection, which therefore lies on the angle bisector through CC as required.

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