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Geometry Difficulty 7.0 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Romania

Let ABCABC be an acute-angled triangle with BC>ABBC > AB, such that the points AA, HH, II and CC are concyclic (where HH is the orthocenter and II is the incenter of triangle ABCABC). The line ACAC intersects the circumcircle of triangle BHCBHC at point TT, and the line BCBC intersects the circumcircle of triangle AHCAHC at point PP. If the lines PTPT and HIHI are parallel, determine the measures of the angles of triangle ABCABC.
Adrian Bud

Solution

Let lines CHCH and PTPT meet at UU and denote by AA', BB', CC' the feet of the altitudes of the triangle ABCABC.

AHICAHIC is a cyclic quadrilateral, so CHI=CAI=A2\angle CHI = \angle CAI = \frac{\angle A}{2}. Since PTHIPT \parallel HI, it follows that HUT=CHI=A2\angle HUT = \angle CHI = \frac{\angle A}{2}.
Hence, CUP=HUT=A2\angle CUP = \angle HUT = \frac{\angle A}{2}. (1)

The quadrilateral AHICAHIC is also cyclic, so AHI=ACI=C2\angle A'HI = \angle ACI = \frac{\angle C}{2}.
From the triangle AHCA'HC we have ACH=90AHC=90A+C2=B2\angle A'CH = 90^\circ - \angle A'HC = 90^\circ - \frac{\angle A+\angle C}{2} = \frac{\angle B}{2}. From the right-angled triangle BCCBCC' we get B+B2=90\angle B + \frac{\angle B}{2} = 90^\circ, so B=60\angle B = 60^\circ.
Notice that ABB=ACC=90A\angle ABB' = \angle ACC' = 90^\circ - \angle A. The quadrilateral BCTHBCTH is cyclic, so BTB=TCH=90A=ABB\angle B'TB = \angle TCH = 90^\circ - \angle A = \angle ABB'.
Therefore, BBBB' is an angle bisector and also an altitude for triangle ABTABT, so AB=BTAB = BT. Since AHICAHIC is cyclic, it follows that BPI=CAI=A2\angle BPI = \angle CAI = \frac{\angle A}{2} and API=ACI=C2\angle API = \angle ACI = \frac{\angle C}{2}. Hence, APB=A+C2=60=B\angle APB = \frac{\angle A+\angle C}{2} = 60^\circ = \angle B, so the triangle ABPABP is equilateral.
Thereby, BP=AB=BTBP = AB = BT, so triangle BPTBPT is isosceles, hence BPT=180PBT2\angle BPT = \frac{180^\circ - \angle PBT}{2}. Triangle ABTABT is also an isosceles one, so ABT=1802A\angle ABT = 180^\circ - 2\angle A. Noticing that PBT=BABT\angle PBT = \angle B - \angle ABT, it results that PBT=2A120\angle PBT = 2\angle A - 120^\circ, which leads to BPT=150A\angle BPT = 150^\circ - \angle A (2).
From the exterior angle theorem we infer that BPT=CUP+PCU\angle BPT = \angle CUP + \angle PCU. Using (1) and (2), we obtain 150A=A2+B2=A2+30150^\circ - \angle A = \frac{\angle A}{2} + \frac{\angle B}{2} = \frac{\angle A}{2} + 30^\circ, so A=80\angle A = 80^\circ and C=40\angle C = 40^\circ.

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