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Geometry Difficulty 6.9 National Olympiad Prove it Iran

In an isosceles triangle ABCABC (BC=BABC = BA), point PP is arbitrarily chosen on the altitude from vertex BB. Suppose that the circumcircle of BAPBAP intersects ACAC for the second time at point MM. Let NN be the reflection of MM with respect to the midpoint of ACAC. NPNP intersects the circumcircle of BAPBAP at XX (XPX \neq P), and ABAB intersects the circumcircle of NAPNAP at YY (YAY \neq A). The tangent to the circumcircle of NAPNAP at AA intersects BPBP at ZZ. Prove that CZCZ is tangent to the circumcircle of XYPXYP.

Solution

We denote by QQ the intersection of CZCZ and ABAB. First, we show that quadrilateral QXYPQXYP is cyclic. Note that PNA=PYQ\angle PNA = \angle PYQ. Therefore, if we prove that QXP=PNA\angle QXP = \angle PNA, it follows that QXYPQXYP is cyclic. This is also equivalent to proving that XQXQ is parallel to ANAN.

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To prove this, we use RR, which is the intersection of AZAZ and BCBC. We can write:
RAP=PNA=PMN=PBA=PBR \angle RAP = \angle PNA = \angle PMN = \angle PBA = \angle PBR
Thus, RR also lies on the circumcircle of triangle APBAPB. Clearly, ACQRAC \parallel QR, so we only need to show that RQRQ passes through XX. Note that:
QRA=RAN=XPA=XRA \angle QRA = \angle RAN = \angle XPA = \angle XRA
This equation implies that RR, QQ, and XX are collinear, yielding QXYPQXYP is cyclic. Note that CC, NN, and QQ are reflections of AA, MM, and RR with respect to line BPBP. Moreover, since the pentagon BRPMABRPMA is cyclic, we can conclude that:
CQP=PNA=PXQ \angle CQP = \angle PNA = \angle PXQ
Implies that CZCZ is tangent to the circumcircle of PXYPXY. \blacksquare

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