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Geometry Difficulty 6.2 National olympiad Prove it North Macedonia

Let ABCABC be an acute triangle. The lines l1l_1 and l2l_2 are perpendicular to ABAB at the points AA and BB respectively. The perpendicular lines from the midpoint MM of ABAB to the lines ACAC and BCBC intersect l1l_1 and l2l_2 at the points EE and FF, respectively. If DD is the intersection point of the lines EFEF and MCMC, prove that ADB=EMF\angle ADB = \angle EMF.

Solutions — 2

Solution 1

Let the circles with diameter EMEM and FMFM intersect for second time at DD' and let them intersect the sides CACA, CBCB at points G,KG,K respectively. Since
EDM=FDM=90, \angle ED'M = \angle FD'M = 90^{\circ},
we have that E,D,FE,D',F are collinear.
Since EMEM is a diameter and AGAG is a chord perpendicular to it, we have that MG=MAMG = MA and similarly MK=MBMK = MB. Since MA=MBMA = MB, it follows that AGKBAGKB is cyclic.
From the above we have that CGCA=CKCBCG \cdot CA = CK \cdot CB and this means that CC has equal power to the two circles, so it is on the radical axis of them, so C,D,MC,D',M are collinear. From the above it follows that DDD' \equiv D.
Finally, from the cyclic quadrilaterals EAMDEAMD and DMBFDMBF we have that
ADB=180EDABDF=180AMEBMF=EMF. \angle ADB = 180^{\circ} - \angle EDA - \angle BDF = 180^{\circ} - \angle AME - \angle BMF = \angle EMF.

Solution 2

Let H,GH,G be the points of intersection of ME,MFME,MF with AC,BCAC,BC respectively. From the similarity of triangles MHA\triangle MHA and MAE\triangle MAE we get
MHMA=MAME, \frac{MH}{MA} = \frac{MA}{ME},
thus,
MA2=MHME.(1) MA^2 = MH \cdot ME. \tag{1}
Similarly, from the similarity of triangles MBG\triangle MBG and MFB\triangle MFB we get
MBMF=MGMB \frac{MB}{MF} = \frac{MG}{MB}
thus,
MB2=MFMG.(2) MB^2 = MF \cdot MG. \tag{2}
Since MA=MBMA = MB, from (1) and (2) we have that the points E,H,G,FE,H,G,F are concyclic.
Therefore, we get that FEH=FEM=HGM\angle FEH = \angle FEM = \angle HGM. Also, the quadrilateral CHMGCHMG is cyclic, so CMH=HGC\angle CMH = \angle HGC. We have
FEH+CMH=HGM+HGC=90. \angle FEH + \angle CMH = \angle HGM + \angle HGC = 90^{\circ}.
Thus CMEFCM \perp EF. Now, from the cyclic quadrilaterals FDMBFDMB and EDMAEDMA, we get that DFM=DBM\angle DFM = \angle DBM and DEM=DAM\angle DEM = \angle DAM. Therefore, the triangles EMF\triangle EMF and ADB\triangle ADB are similar, so ADB=EMF\triangle ADB = \angle EMF. Even more ADB=ADM+MDB=AEM+MFB=CAB+CBA\angle ADB = \angle ADM + \angle MDB = \angle AEM + \angle MFB = \angle CAB + \angle CBA.

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