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Geometry Difficulty 6.4 National Olympiad Prove it Bulgaria

Problem:

The bisectors of A\angle A, B\angle B and C\angle C of ABC\triangle ABC meet its circumcircle at points A1A_1, B1B_1 and C1C_1, respectively. Set AA1CC1=IAA_1 \cap CC_1 = I, AA1BC=NAA_1 \cap BC = N and BB1A1C1=PBB_1 \cap A_1C_1 = P. Denote by OO the circumcenter of IPC1\triangle IPC_1 and let OPBC=MOP \cap BC = M. If BM=MNBM = MN and BAC=2ABC\angle BAC = 2 \angle ABC, find the angles of ABC\triangle ABC.

Solution

Solution:

Set CAB=α\angle CAB = \alpha, ABC=β\angle ABC = \beta and BCA=γ\angle BCA = \gamma. Then
IPC 1 = 1 2 ( BA 1 + C 1B 1 ) = 1 2 ( BA 1 + AC 1 + AB 1 ) = 1 2 ( + + ) = 90 .\text{IPC 1 = 1 2 ( BA 1 + C 1B 1 ) = 1 2 ( BA 1 + AC 1 + AB 1 ) = 1 2 ( + + ) = 90 .}
Hence OO is the midpoint of the segment IC1IC_1 and it follows that

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IOP = 2 IC 1P = CA 1 = .\text{IOP = 2 IC 1P = CA 1 = .}
We also have CC1B=α\angle CC_1B = \alpha and therefore OPC1BOP \parallel C_1B. Since C1O=OIC_1O = OI and BM=MNBM = MN, we conclude that INC1BIN \parallel C_1B, i.e. CIA1=α\angle CIA_1 = \alpha. On the other hand,
CIA 1 = 1 2 ( CA 1 + AC 1 ) = 1 2 ( + ) = 90 - 2 .\text{CIA 1 = 1 2 ( CA 1 + AC 1 ) = 1 2 ( + ) = 90 - 2 .}
This implies that α=90β2=α+γ2\alpha = 90^\circ - \frac{\beta}{2} = \frac{\alpha + \gamma}{2}, i.e. α=γ\alpha = \gamma. Since α=2β\alpha = 2\beta, we obtain that α=γ=72\alpha = \gamma = 72^\circ and β=36\beta = 36^\circ.

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