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Geometry Difficulty 6.6 National Olympiad Prove it Hong Kong

Let ABCDABCD be inscribed in a circle with centre OO. Let EE be the intersection point of ACAC and BDBD. MM and NN are the midpoints of the arcs ABAB and CDCD respectively (the arcs not containing any other vertices). Let PP be the intersection point of EOEO and MNMN. Suppose BC=5BC = 5, AC=11AC = 11, BD=12BD = 12 and AD=10AD = 10. Find MNNP\frac{MN}{NP}.

Solution

We have MNNP=2313\frac{MN}{NP} = \frac{23}{13}.
Let II and JJ be the incentres of ADE\triangle ADE and BCE\triangle BCE respectively. Note that II is the intersection point of ANAN and DMDM, while JJ is the intersection point of BNBN and CMCM. Applying Pascal's theorem to ANBDMCANBDMC, we find that I,J,EI, J, E are collinear.

Since IAD=JBC\angle IAD = \angle JBC and IDA=JCB\angle IDA = \angle JCB, we have AIDBJC\triangle AID \sim \triangle BJC. Thus, we have

\triangle MIN \sim \triangle AID \sim \triangle BJC \sim \triangle MJN,

with MINMJN\triangle MIN \cong \triangle MJN. This implies IJMNIJ \perp MN. Also, the isogonal line of IJIJ with respect to MIN\angle MIN, the isogonal line of IJIJ with respect to MJN\angle MJN and the line MNMN are concurrent at some point PP' by symmetry. Observe that IPADIP' \perp AD since MIN\triangle MIN and AID\triangle AID are oppositely similar. Similarly, JPBCJP' \perp BC. We now claim that P=PP' = P.

Figure 1

Let E1,P1,O1E_1, P_1, O_1 be the projection of E,P,OE, P', O on ADAD, and let E2,P2,O2E_2, P_2, O_2 be the projection of E,P,OE, P', O on BCBC. Note that E1,P1,O1E_1, P_1, O_1 are the foot of altitude from EE, the contact point of the incircle with the side ADAD, and the midpoint of ADAD.

in EAD\triangle EAD. Similar results hold for E2,P2,O2E_2, P_2, O_2 in EBC\triangle EBC. As EADEBC\triangle EAD \sim \triangle EBC, we have E1P1P1O1=E2P2P2O2\frac{E_1P_1}{P_1O_1} = \frac{E_2P_2}{P_2O_2}. Therefore, E,P,OE, P', O are collinear. This implies PP' lies on both EOEO and MNMN, and hence P=PP' = P.

Now, let FF be the intersection of ADAD and IJIJ. Then MPNP=AFDF\frac{MP}{NP} = \frac{AF}{DF} due to the isogonal lines. By the angle bisector theorem, we have AFDF=AEDE\frac{AF}{DF} = \frac{AE}{DE}.

Note that EADEBC\triangle EAD \sim \triangle EBC, and the ratio is ADBC=2\frac{AD}{BC} = 2. Let BE=xBE = x and CE=yCE = y so that AE=2xAE = 2x and DE=2yDE = 2y. It is given that 2x+y=112x + y = 11 and x+2y=12x + 2y = 12. We easily find that x=103x = \frac{10}{3} and y=133y = \frac{13}{3}. Therefore,

MN NP = MP\text{MN NP = MP} + NP}{NP} = AEDE\frac{AE}{DE} + 1 = xy\frac{x}{y} + 1 = 2313.\frac{23}{13}.

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