Let be the incircle of . The circle intersects sides , and at points , and , respectively. Line intersects lines , and at points , and , respectively. Prove that . (posed by Zhang Pengcheng)
Solution
It is easy to see that points , , and are concyclic and
So , thus points , , and are concyclic.
Hence, five points , , , , are concyclic and , that is .
Similarly, points , , , and are concyclic and .
Let lines and intersect at point . We see point is the
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orthocenter of and , so points , and are collinear.
Since points , , and are concyclic, we see that
.
Similarly, . So bisects , thus
Since points , , and are concyclic, and points , , and are concyclic, we see that
Therefore,
By ① and ②, we see that , that is .
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