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NMO Selection Tests for the Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad - Fourth Selection Test

Geometry Difficulty 6.6 National Olympiad Prove it Romania

Let ABCABC be an acute angled triangle with ∠B>∠C\angle B > \angle C. Consider the points D,E,J,K,SD, E, J, K, S on its circumcircle C(O)C(O), such that A,E,JA, E, J and KK are on the same side of the line BCBC, the diameter DEDE and the line BCBC are orthogonal, S∈EK^S \in \widehat{EK} and AE^=BJ^=CK^=14CE^\widehat{AE} = \widehat{BJ} = \widehat{CK} = \frac{1}{4}\widehat{CE}. Let F,M,P,QF, M, P, Q be the intersection points of the lines ACAC and DEDE, BKBK and ADAD, BKBK and ACAC, CJCJ and BFBF, respectively. If ∠SMK=30∘\angle SMK = 30^\circ and ∠AQP=90∘\angle AQP = 90^\circ, prove that the line MSMS is tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle AOFAOF.
Dana Heuberger

Solution

Denote AE⃗=x\vec{AE} = x and BD⃗=y\vec{BD} = y. Obviously, we have 4x+y=180∘4x + y = 180^\circ.
From ∠APM+∠MAP=2x+y2=90∘\angle APM + \angle MAP = 2x + \frac{y}{2} = 90^\circ we deduce that AM⊥MPAM \perp MP. Since FOFO is the perpendicular bisector of BCBC, we have FB=FCFB = FC, thus the triangle FBCFBC is isosceles, with the apex FF. From ∠BCJ=∠CBK=x2\angle BCJ = \angle CBK = \frac{x}{2}, we deduce that the triangles BCQBCQ and CBPCBP are congruent, therefore PQ∥BCPQ \parallel BC.

Figure 1

Since FBCFBC is an isosceles triangle, with the base [BC][BC], the line FOFO is the perpendicular bisector of PQPQ. In the right angled triangle AQPAQP, the perpendicular bisector of PQPQ and the hypotenuse intersect at FF, therefore FF is the midpoint of APAP.
Denote by LL the intersection point of the half-line (BFBF with the circle C(O)C(O)).
Because ∠BFD=∠CFD\angle BFD = \angle CFD, we have BD⃗+EL⃗=CD⃗+AE⃗\vec{BD} + \vec{EL} = \vec{CD} + \vec{AE}. From BD⃗=CD⃗=∠A\vec{BD} = \vec{CD} = \angle A we obtain AE⃗=EL⃗=x\vec{AE} = \vec{EL} = x, therefore ∠ABL=∠LBK=x\angle ABL = \angle LBK = x. Since FF is the midpoint of APAP, the line BFBF is at the same time median and angle bisector of the triangle ABPABP, thus BA=BPBA = BP.
From ∠ABP=∠APB=2x\angle ABP = \angle APB = 2x and AM⊥MPAM \perp MP we deduce that AB=APAB = AP, therefore the triangle ABPABP is equilateral. Thus, we obtain ∠A=60∘\angle A = 60^\circ, ∠B=75∘\angle B = 75^\circ and ∠C=45∘\angle C = 45^\circ.
Moreover, ∠AOB=∠AFB=∠AMB=90∘\angle AOB = \angle AFB = \angle AMB = 90^\circ, so the points A,F,O,M,BA, F, O, M, B lie on the circle ω\omega of diameter ABAB. Therefore ∠BAM=∠SMK=30∘\angle BAM = \angle SMK = 30^\circ, which means that the line MSMS is tangent to the circle ω\omega.

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