Let be a triangle such that . The internal bisector lines of the angles and meet the opposite sides of the triangle at points and , respectively, and the circumcircle at points and , respectively. Further, let be the incenter of the triangle . Prove that the lines and meet at some point lying on the parallel through to the line .
Radu Gologan
Solution
Let the internal bisector of the angle meet again the circumcircle at point . The lines and meet at point , and the lines and meet at point . Apply Pascal's theorem to the hexagon to deduce that the points , and are collinear; moreover, Pascal's line is precisely the parallel through to , for and are the internal bisector lines of the angles and , respectively, and the segments and are congruent. Finally, notice that the lines and meet at collinear points; and meet at , and meet at , and and meet at . Consequently, the triangles and are perspective; the lines are concurrent (the converse of Desargues' theorem).
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