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Geometry Difficulty 7.0 National olympiad Prove it Turkey

Let PP be a point in the interior of a triangle ABCABC that is not on the median belonging to AA and satisfying CAP=BCP\angle CAP = \angle BCP. Let BPCA={B}BP \cap CA = \{B'\} and CPAB={C}CP \cap AB = \{C'\}. Let QQ be the second point of intersection of the line APAP and the circumcircle of ABCABC, RR be the point of intersection of the lines BQB'Q and CCCC', and SS be the point of intersection of the line BQB'Q and the line passing through PP parallel to ACAC. Assume that the lines BCB'C' and QBQB intersect at a point TT that lies on the opposite side of the line ABAB from CC. Show that BAT=BBQ\angle BAT = \angle BB'Q if and only if SQ=RBSQ = RB'.

Solution

Since PSACPS \parallel AC and CAP=BCP\angle CAP = \angle BCP we have QPC=ACB=AQB=PQB\angle QPC = \angle ACB = \angle AQB = \angle PQB. Therefore BQPCBQ \parallel PC.

We will first show that SQ=RBSQ = RB' if and only if ABBQAB \parallel B'Q. Since PSPS and ABAB' are parallel, we have PQPA=SQSB\frac{PQ}{PA} = \frac{SQ}{SB'}. If SQ=RBSQ = RB', then PQPA=RBRQ=PBPB\frac{PQ}{PA} = \frac{RB'}{RQ} = \frac{PB'}{PB} as BQPCBQ \parallel PC, and hence ABBQAB \parallel B'Q. On the other hand, if ABBQAB \parallel B'Q, then using BQPCBQ \parallel PC we obtain RBRQ=PBPB=PQPA=SQSB\frac{RB'}{RQ} = \frac{PB'}{PB} = \frac{PQ}{PA} = \frac{SQ}{SB'}, and hence SQ=RBSQ = RB'.

Now we will show that ABBQAB \parallel B'Q if and only if BAT=BBQ\angle BAT = \angle BB'Q. Let APBC={U}AP \cap B'C' = \{U\} and let DD be the second point of intersection of the line APAP and the circumcircle of the triangle CPBC'PB'. Using PCQTPC' \parallel QT we obtain UDUB=UCUP=UTUQ\frac{UD}{UB'} = \frac{UC'}{UP} = \frac{UT}{UQ}

and conclude that the triangles TDCTDC' and QBPQB'P are similar. In particular, PBQ=CDT\angle PB'Q = \angle C'DT and DTC=BQP\angle DTC' = \angle B'QP.

We will show that DD cannot coincide with AA. Suppose it does. Then A,C,P,BA, C', P, B' are concyclic and hence CBC'B' and BCBC are parallel. Let AA' be the point of intersection of APAP and BCBC. It follows that the triangles PBAPBA' and BAABAA' are similar, and therefore AB2=APAAA'B^2 = A'P \cdot A'A. Similarly we obtain AC2=APAAA'C^2 = A'P \cdot A'A and conclude that AB=ACA'B = A'C, which is a contradiction as PP is not on the median belonging to AA.

Let us assume that DD is between AA and UU. A similar argument works if AA is between DD and UU. If BAT=BBQ\angle BAT = \angle BB'Q, then CAT=BAT=BBQ=PBQ=CDT\angle C'AT = \angle BAT = \angle BB'Q = \angle PB'Q = \angle C'DT, and T,A,D,CT, A, D, C' are concyclic. Therefore PAB=DAC=DTC=BQP\angle PAB = \angle DAC' = \angle DTC' = \angle B'QP and hence ABBQAB \parallel B'Q. On the other hand if ABBQAB \parallel B'Q, then DTC=BQP=DAC\angle DTC' = \angle B'QP = \angle DAC', and T,A,D,CT, A, D, C' are concyclic. Therefore BAT=CAT=CDT=PBQ=BBQ\angle BAT = \angle C'AT = \angle C'DT = \angle PB'Q = \angle BB'Q.

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