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Spanish Mathematical Olympiad (final Round)

Geometry Difficulty 5.8 AIME, harder Prove it Spain

In a triangle ABCABC, the internal bisector of ∠A\angle A meets the side BCBC at DD. The lines through DD tangents to the circumcircles of triangles △ABD\triangle ABD and △ACD\triangle ACD meet the lines ACAC and ABAB at points EE and FF, respectively. Lines BEBE and CFCF intersect at GG. Prove that ∠EDG=∠ADF\angle EDG = \angle ADF.

Solution

We have ∠ADE=∠B\angle ADE = \angle B and ∠ADF=∠C\angle ADF = \angle C. So AFDEAFDE is a cyclic

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quadrilateral and
∠AFE=∠ADE=∠B and ∠AEF=∠ADF=∠C, \angle AFE = \angle ADE = \angle B \text{ and } \angle AEF = \angle ADF = \angle C,
Hence, EFEF is parallel to BCBC and DE=DFDE = DF, so the triangle FDEFDE is isosceles.

Let MM be the midpoint of EFEF, L=AD∩EFL = AD \cap EF, and H=DG∩EFH = DG \cap EF. By Thales Theorem, we obtain
LELF=DCBD \frac{LE}{LF} = \frac{DC}{BD}
Also, from △FGH∼△CGD\triangle FGH \sim \triangle CGD it follows that
HFDC=GHGD \frac{HF}{DC} = \frac{GH}{GD}
From △EGH∼△BGD\triangle EGH \sim \triangle BGD, we get
HEBD=GHGD \frac{HE}{BD} = \frac{GH}{GD}
and from this
HFHE=DCDB \frac{HF}{HE} = \frac{DC}{DB}
then HH and LL are symmetric with center MM, as we will see later and ∠LDM=∠HDM=α\angle LDM = \angle HDM = \alpha with
α=90∘−∠ADC=∠C−∠B2 if C>B, \alpha = 90^\circ - \angle ADC = \frac{\angle C - \angle B}{2} \text{ if } C > B,
and
α=90∘−∠ADB=∠B−∠C2 if B>C. \alpha = 90^\circ - \angle ADB = \frac{\angle B - \angle C}{2} \text{ if } B > C.
Finally,
∠GDE=∠ADE−α=∠ADF if B>C, \angle GDE = \angle ADE - \alpha = \angle ADF \text{ if } B > C,
and
∠GDE=∠ADE+α=∠ADF if B<C. \angle GDE = \angle ADE + \alpha = \angle ADF \text{ if } B < C.
It remains to prove that LL and HH are symmetric with center MM. To do so denote
LF+LE=HF+HE=s, and then LF + LE = HF + HE = s, \text{ and then}
LELF=HFHE \frac{LE}{LF} = \frac{HF}{HE}
hence
sLF=sHE⇒LF=HE and LE=HF \frac{s}{LF} = \frac{s}{HE} \Rightarrow LF = HE \text{ and } LE = HF
that is, HM=MLHM = ML, as we wanted to prove.

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