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Geometry Difficulty 6.0 AIME, harder Prove it Ukraine

In triangle ABCABC ∠ABC=120∘\angle ABC = 120^\circ. The bisector of this angle intersects side ACAC at MM, and the bisector of angle adjacent to ∠BCA\angle BCA, intersects line ABAB at PP. Segment MPMP intersects side BCBC in KK. Prove that ∠AKM=∠KPC\angle AKM = \angle KPC.

Solution

Let us prove that AKAK is the bisector of ∠BAM\angle BAM. Point PP is equidistant from the lines BCBC and ACAC, and also from the lines BMBM and BCBC, since ∠ABM=∠MBC=∠CBP=60∘\angle ABM = \angle MBC = \angle CBP = 60^\circ (fig. 13). Thus PP is equidistant from the lines BMBM and MCMC, which means that PP belongs to the bisector of ∠BMC\angle BMC. Therefore KK is equidistant from the lines ACAC and BMBM, and also from BMBM and APAP, which proves that AKAK is the bisector of ∠BAC\angle BAC.
Denote ∠BAK=∠KAC=α\angle BAK = \angle KAC = \alpha. Then step by step we can calculate the following:

∠KMC=12∠BMC=12(60∘+2α)=30∘+α.∠BCA=60∘−2α.∠BCP=12(180∘−60∘+2α)=60∘+α,∠ACP=60∘−2α+60∘+α=120∘−α.∠MPC=180∘−(120∘−α+30∘+α)=30∘;∠AKM=180∘−∠AMK−α==∠KMC−α=30∘+α−α=30∘=∠MPC, what was to be proved. \begin{align*} \angle KMC &= \frac{1}{2} \angle BMC = \frac{1}{2} (60^\circ + 2\alpha) = 30^\circ + \alpha. \\ \angle BCA &= 60^\circ - 2\alpha. \\ \angle BCP &= \frac{1}{2} (180^\circ - 60^\circ + 2\alpha) = 60^\circ + \alpha, \\ \angle ACP &= 60^\circ - 2\alpha + 60^\circ + \alpha = 120^\circ - \alpha. \\ \angle MPC &= 180^\circ - (120^\circ - \alpha + 30^\circ + \alpha) = 30^\circ; \\ \angle AKM &= 180^\circ - \angle AMK - \alpha = \\ &= \angle KMC - \alpha = 30^\circ + \alpha - \alpha = 30^\circ = \angle MPC, \text{ what was to be proved.} \end{align*}

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