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Geometry Difficulty 6.7 National Olympiad Prove it South Korea

Let △ABC\triangle ABC be a triangle with ∠B≠∠C\angle B \neq \angle C. The incircle II of a triangle ABCABC touches the sides BC,CA,ABBC, CA, AB at the points D,E,FD, E, F, respectively. Let PP be the intersection of ADAD and the incircle II, which is different from DD.
Let QQ be the intersection of the line EFEF and the line passing PP and perpendicular to ADAD, and let X,YX, Y be intersections of the line AQAQ and DE,DFDE, DF, respectively. Show that the point AA is the midpoint of XYXY.

Solution

Let Q′Q' be the intersection of the line passing AA and parallel to BCBC and the line passing PP and perpendicular to ADAD. Let UU be the intersection of DIDI and AQ′AQ', and VV be the intersection of PQ′PQ' and the circle II. (V≠PV \neq P)
Since ∠VPD=90∘\angle VPD = 90^\circ, four points D,I,V,UD, I, V, U lie on a line.
Since ∠BDI=90∘\angle BDI = 90^\circ we have ∠AUI=90∘\angle AUI = 90^\circ and since ∠AFI=∠AEI=90∘\angle AFI = \angle AEI = 90^\circ we have that five points A,F,I,E,UA, F, I, E, U lie on a circle, say, C1C_1.
Four points A,P,V,UA, P, V, U lie on a circle, say, C2C_2, because ∠APV=∠AUV=90∘\angle APV = \angle AUV = 90^\circ.
For given three circles, three perpendicular bisectors of the line segments joining two centers of two circles meet at one point. Considering three circles C1,C2C_1, C_2, and the incircle II, we have that three lines AU,PV,EFAU, PV, EF meet at one point Q′Q'. Thus we have Q′=QQ' = Q.
Since △AXE∼△CDE\triangle AXE \sim \triangle CDE, we have AXAE=CDCE\frac{AX}{AE} = \frac{CD}{CE}. So
AX=CDCE×AE=AE. AX = \frac{CD}{CE} \times AE = AE.
Since △AYF∼△BDF\triangle AYF \sim \triangle BDF, we have AYAF=BDBF\frac{AY}{AF} = \frac{BD}{BF}. So
AY=BDBF×AF=AF. AY = \frac{BD}{BF} \times AF = AF.
Since AE=AFAE = AF we have AX=AYAX = AY, which completes the proof. □\square

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