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Geometry Difficulty 5.9 AIME, harder Prove it Bulgaria

Problem:
A circle through the vertex AA of ABC\triangle ABC, ABACAB \neq AC, meets the sides ABAB and ACAC at points MM and NN, respectively, and the side BCBC at points PP and QQ, where QQ lies between BB and PP. Find BAC\text{BAC}, if MPACMP \parallel AC, NQABNQ \parallel AB and BPCQ=ABAC\frac{BP}{CQ}=\frac{AB}{AC}.

Solution

Solution:
Set BC=aBC = a, CA=bCA = b and AB=cAB = c. Then BABM=BPBQBA \cdot BM = BP \cdot BQ, and
BMc=BPa \frac{BM}{c} = \frac{BP}{a}
Hence BQ=c2aBQ = \frac{c^2}{a} and analogously CP=b2aCP = \frac{b^2}{a}. Then BP=a2b2aBP = \frac{a^2 - b^2}{a}, CQ=a2c2aCQ = \frac{a^2 - c^2}{a} and the condition BPCQ=ABAC\frac{BP}{CQ} = \frac{AB}{AC} becomes
Figure 1
b(a2b2)=c(a2c2), i.e. (bc)(a2b2c2bc)=0 b\left(a^2 - b^2\right) = c\left(a^2 - c^2\right) \text{, i.e. } (b-c)\left(a^2 - b^2 - c^2 - bc\right) = 0
Since bcb \neq c, we get a2b2c2bc=0a^2 - b^2 - c^2 - bc = 0 and the Cosine theorem gives BAC = - 1 2\text{BAC = - 1 2}. Therefore BAC = 120\text{BAC = 120}.

Second solution. Since the quadrilateral AMPNAMPN is a cyclic trapezoid, it follows that AM=NPAM = NP. Also, if T=MPNQT = MP \cap NQ, then AMTNAMTN is a parallelogram and AM=NTAM = NT. Then NP=NTNP = NT and in the same way MQ=MTMQ = MT. Hence TPNTPN and TQMTQM are similar isosceles triangles and we have
TPTQ=TNTM \frac{TP}{TQ} = \frac{TN}{TM}
Using the Sine theorem, we obtain MPsinβ=BPsinα\frac{MP}{\sin \beta} = \frac{BP}{\sin \alpha}, NQsinγ=CQsinα\frac{NQ}{\sin \gamma} = \frac{CQ}{\sin \alpha} and since BPCQ=ABAC=sinγsinβ\frac{BP}{CQ} = \frac{AB}{AC} = \frac{\sin \gamma}{\sin \beta}, we conclude that MP=NQMP = NQ. From here and (1) it follows that
TM+TQTNTM=TN+TQ(TMTN)(TMTQ)=0 TM + TQ \frac{TN}{TM} = TN + TQ \Longleftrightarrow (TM - TN)(TM - TQ) = 0
Assume that TM=TNTM = TN. We have MQ=NPMQ = NP and NA=MANA = MA. The first of these identities shows that MNPQMN \parallel PQ and by the second one we obtain AC=ABAC = AB, a contradiction.
Therefore TM=TQTM = TQ, i.e. MTQ\triangle MTQ is equilateral. Hence
BAC = MTN = 120\text{BAC = MTN = 120}

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