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Geometry Difficulty 6.4 National olympiad Prove it Estonia

The bisector of the angle on vertex AA of triangle ABCABC intersects the circumcircle of triangle ABCABC at point FF (FAF \neq A). Points DD and EE are chosen on the sides ABAB and ACAC, respectively, in such a way that the lines DEDE and BCBC are parallel. Let GG and HH be the points of intersection of the rays FDFD and FEFE, respectively, with the circumcircle of triangle ABCABC (GF,HFG \neq F, H \neq F). The circumcircles of triangles AGDAGD and AHEAHE intersect at point PP (PAP \neq A). Prove that point PP lies on the line AFAF.

Solutions — 2

Solution 1

Let KK and LL be the points of intersection of the line AFAF with lines BCBC and DEDE, respectively (Fig. 6). Then
AGD=AGF=AGC+CGF=ABC+CAF=ABK+KAB=CKA=KLD=180ALD. \begin{aligned} \angle AGD &= \angle AGF = \angle AGC + \angle CGF = \angle ABC + \angle CAF \\ &= \angle ABK + \angle KAB = \angle CKA = \angle KLD = 180^\circ - \angle ALD. \end{aligned}
Hence the quadrilateral AGDLAGDL is cyclic. Interchanging the roles of points BB and CC, points DD and EE and also points GG and HH, we can similarly prove that the quadrilateral AHELAHEL is cyclic. Thus the circumcircles of triangles ADGADG and AEHAEH meet at point LL, i.e., P=LP = L. Point LL was chosen on the line AFAF.

Figure 1
Fig. 6

Solution 2

Choose a point ZZ on the same side of the line AFAF as point BB such that ZFBCDEZF \parallel BC \parallel DE (Fig. 7). Then ZFB=FBC=FAC=FAB=FCB\angle ZFB = \angle FBC = \angle FAC = \angle FAB = \angle FCB. Hence ZFZF is tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle ABCABC at FF, implying that GFZ=GHF=GHE\angle GFZ = \angle GHF = \angle GHE. As GFZ=DFZ=FDE=180GDE\angle GFZ = \angle DFZ = \angle FDE = 180^\circ - \angle GDE, we altogether have GHE=180GDE\angle GHE = 180^\circ - \angle GDE. Consequently, the quadrilateral DEHGDEHG is cyclic. Hence FDFG=FEFH|FD| \cdot |FG| = |FE| \cdot |FH|, implying that FF lies on the radical axis of the circumcircles of triangles ADGADG and AEHAEH. The desired result follows.

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Fig. 7

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