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Geometry Difficulty 8.0 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it Netherlands

Let ABC\triangle ABC be a triangle. Let PP be a point on the segment BCBC, such that the circle with diameter BPBP passes through the incentre of ABC\triangle ABC. Prove that
BPPC=csc, \frac{|BP|}{|PC|} = \frac{c}{s-c},
where cc is the length of the segment ABAB, and ss is half the perimeter of ABC\triangle ABC.

Solution

Let \ell be the second tangent through PP to the circle aside from BCBC. Note that
ABP=2IBP=2(90BPI)=1802BPI=180(BP,)=(CP,), \begin{aligned} \angle ABP &= 2\angle IBP = 2(90^\circ - \angle BPI) = 180^\circ - 2\angle BPI \\ &= 180^\circ - \angle (BP, \ell) = \angle (CP, \ell), \end{aligned}
where we use the fact that BIBI is the angular bisector of ABP\angle ABP, and that PIPI is the angular bisector of the angle between PBPB and \ell. It follows that ABAB \parallel \ell. The distance between these two parallel lines is 2r2r with rr the radius of the incircle.
Figure 1
Denote the distance from CC to ABAB by hh. Then we see that the area of ABC\triangle ABC equals rsrs on the one hand, and 12ch\frac{1}{2}ch on the other hand. It now follows from rs=12chrs = \frac{1}{2}ch that
BCBP=d(AB,C)d(AB,)=h2r=sc. \frac{|BC|}{|BP|} = \frac{d(AB, C)}{d(AB, \ell)} = \frac{h}{2r} = \frac{s}{c}.
We conclude that
PCBP=BCBPBP=BCBP1=sc1=scc. \frac{|PC|}{|BP|} = \frac{|BC| - |BP|}{|BP|} = \frac{|BC|}{|BP|} - 1 = \frac{s}{c} - 1 = \frac{s-c}{c}. \quad \square

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