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Geometry Difficulty 6.6 National olympiad Prove it North Macedonia

Circles k1k_1 and k2k_2 intersect in points AA and BB, such that k1k_1 passes through the center OO of the circle k2k_2. The line pp intersects k1k_1 in points KK and OO and k2k_2 in points LL and MM, such that the point LL is between KK and OO. The point PP is orthogonal projection of the point LL to the line ABAB. Prove that the line KPKP is parallel to the MM-median of the triangle ABMABM.

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Solution

Let the point CC be the midpoint of the line segment ABAB. We have to prove MCKPMC \parallel KP.
Let us introduce angle α=BKA\alpha = \angle BKA. Notice that
BLA=180BMA=18012BOA==18012(180BKA)=90+12α \begin{aligned} \angle BLA &= 180^\circ - \angle BMA = 180^\circ - \frac{1}{2}\angle BOA = \\ &= 180^\circ - \frac{1}{2}(180^\circ - \angle BKA) = 90^\circ + \frac{1}{2}\alpha \end{aligned}
Also, notice that the point OO is midpoint of the arc \widearcAB\widearc{AB}. Thus the line KOKO is bisector of the angle BKA\angle BKA. From the two claims above, we deduce that LL is incenter of the triangle ABKABK.
Moreover, notice that MLML is diameter of the circle k2k_2, thus ABM=90\angle ABM = 90^\circ. Since BLBL is angle bisector of the angle ABK\angle ABK we deduce that BMBM is exterior angle bisector of the same angle.
Thus, since MM lies on angle bisector KMKM and exterior angle bisector BMBM, MM is the center of the excircle for the triangle ABKABK.

Thus, we have to prove that the line passing through the incenter LL of the triangle ABKABK and point of the tangency of incircle of the same triangle is parallel to the line passing through the center of the excircle MM and the midpoint CC of the line segment ABAB. This is a well known lemma, which completes the proof.

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