The incircle of a triangle touches the sides , , at , , , respectively. Let be a point on the incircle such that is a diameter. The lines and intersect at . Prove that .
, 2011
Solution
We work in the opposite direction. Suppose that is the point where intersects the line through parallel to . We need to show that . For this purpose it suffices to prove that , , are collinear, which reduces to showing that if is the common point of and the incircle, then .

Note that and lie on the same side of . Hence gives . Also, some homothety with center maps the segment to the segment . Thus the equality implies that , i.e. the triangle is isosceles and
But and lie on the same side of , so and consequently
so that
Hence is a diameter of the incircle and the desired equality follows.
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