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Geometry Difficulty 5.5 AIME, harder Prove it Belarus

Point XX is marked inside an acute-angled triangle ABCABC such that AXC=A+B\angle AXC = \angle A + \angle B, BXA=B+C\angle BXA = \angle B + \angle C, BXC=C+A\angle BXC = \angle C + \angle A.

Prove that BCAXAB=ABCXAC\frac{BC \cdot AX}{AB} = \frac{AB \cdot CX}{AC}.

Solution

Extend the cevians AXAX, BXBX, CXCX; let their intersection points with the sides BCBC, ACAC, BABA be A1A_1, B1B_1, C1C_1 respectively. We have
AXB1=180BXA=180(B+C)=A=α. \angle AXB_1 = 180^\circ - \angle BXA = 180^\circ - (\angle B + \angle C) = \angle A = \alpha.
Similarly, BXC1=B=β\angle BXC_1 = \angle B = \beta, CXA1=C=γ\angle CXA_1 = \angle C = \gamma. Let CAA1=φ\angle CAA_1 = \varphi. Then ABB1=ABX=180(αφ)(α+β)=φ\angle ABB_1 = \angle ABX = 180^\circ - (\alpha - \varphi) - (\alpha + \beta) = \varphi and, similarly, BCC1=φ\angle BCC_1 = \varphi. That is, XX is the Brakar point of the triangle ABCABC.

Now, using the law of sines for the triangles ABCABC, AXBAXB, AXCAXC, we have respectively
BCAC=sinαsinγ,AXAB=sinφsinBXA=sinφsinα, \frac{BC}{AC} = \frac{\sin \alpha}{\sin \gamma}, \quad \frac{AX}{AB} = \frac{\sin \varphi}{\sin \angle BXA} = \frac{\sin \varphi}{\sin \alpha},
ACCX=sinCXAsinφ=sinγsinφ. \frac{AC}{CX} = \frac{\sin \angle CXA}{\sin \varphi} = \frac{\sin \gamma}{\sin \varphi}.
Multiplying all three equalities we obtain
BCABAXABACCX which is equivalent to BCAXAB=ABCXAC. \frac{BC}{AB} \cdot \frac{AX}{AB} \cdot \frac{AC}{CX} \text{ which is equivalent to } \frac{BC \cdot AX}{AB} = \frac{AB \cdot CX}{AC}.

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