Let be an acute triangle. The bisector of the side intersects the lines and at the points and , respectively, and the bisector of the side intersects the lines and at the points and , respectively. Prove that the points and are concyclic.
, 2013
Solution
The solution uses directed angles. Let be the midpoint of the side and let be the midpoint of the side . Since is a midline of the triangle , is parallel to . Because the lines and are bisectors of the sides and , respectively, the points and as well as the points and are collinear. The points and are concyclic because
From concyclicity of the points and , collinearity of the points and , and collinearity of the points and we now derive
Further, from parallelism of the lines and , collinearity of the points and , and collinearity of the points and we get
The above two equalities say that , hence the points and are concyclic.
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