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Korean Mathematical Olympiad Final Round

Geometry Difficulty 7.1 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it South Korea

Given a triangle ABCABC with AC=BC>ABAC = BC > AB, let EE and FF be the midpoints of ACAC and ABAB, respectively. The perpendicular bisector ℓ\ell of ACAC meets ABAB at KK and the line parallel to KCKC and passing through the point BB intersects ACAC at a point LL. For a point PP on the line segment BFBF, let HH be the orthocenter of the triangle ACPACP. The line segments BHBH and CPCP meet at a point JJ and the lines FJFJ and ℓ\ell meet at a point MM. Let WW be the intersection point of FLFL and ℓ\ell. Show that AW=BWAW = BW if and only if the points B,E,F,MB, E, F, M are concyclic.

Solution

Let W′W' be the circumcenter of the triangle ACPACP, and let L′L' be the intersection point of the line FW′FW' and the side ACAC. Note that the points A,F,CA, F, C and the foot TT of the perpendicular from AA to PCPC are on the circle with a diameter ACAC, and thus ∠PAT−∠PCF\angle PAT - \angle PCF. Since AC=BCAC = BC and FF is the midpoint of ABAB, ∠HAF=∠HBF\angle HAF = \angle HBF, and so ∠PBJ=∠HCJ\angle PBJ = \angle HCJ, which along with ∠PJB=∠HJC\angle PJB = \angle HJC induce that the triangles PBJPBJ and HCJHCJ are similar to each other. Therefore, for the feet of the perpendiculars from JJ to FPFP and FCFC, XJJY=BPCH\frac{XJ}{JY} = \frac{BP}{CH}. Let SS be the foot of the perpendicular from W′W' to APAP. Then HC=2W′SHC = 2W'S and
BP=BF−PF=AF−(PF−FS)=AF−(AS−FS)=2FS. BP = BF - PF = AF - (PF - FS) = AF - (AS - FS) = 2FS.
It follows that XJXF=FSW′S\frac{XJ}{XF} = \frac{FS}{W'S}. Hence △JXF\triangle JXF is similar to △FSW′\triangle FSW', and thus ∠JFX=∠FW′S\angle JFX = \angle FW'S. Since W′SW'S is parallel to CFCF, ∠FW′S=∠CFW′\angle FW'S = \angle CFW', Thereby ∠JFX=∠CFW′\angle JFX = \angle CFW'. Now, since ∠PFC=90∘\angle PFC = 90^\circ, ∠JFL′=∠JFW′=90∘\angle JFL' = \angle JFW' = 90^\circ, which along with ∠MEL′=90∘\angle MEL' = 90^\circ implies that the points EE and FF lie on the circle with a diameter ML′ML'.

Suppose AW=PWAW = PW, in which case WW is the circumcenter of △APC\triangle APC, AW=PW=CWAW = PW = CW. From the fact we proved above, EE and FF lie on the circle with a diameter MLML. Since the circumcenter OO of △ABC\triangle ABC is the orthocenter of △AKC\triangle AKC, AOAO is orthogonal to KCKC. But BLBL is parallel to KCKC, and so AOAO is orthogonal to BLBL. Thus ∠ABL+∠BAO=90∘\angle ABL + \angle BAO = 90^\circ. Note that A,F,O,EA, F, O, E are concyclic, and thus ∠BAO=∠MEF\angle BAO = \angle MEF, from which we can conclude ∠FBL+∠FEL=∠ABL+∠MEF+90∘=180∘\angle FBL + \angle FEL = \angle ABL + \angle MEF + 90^\circ = 180^\circ. This implies that F,B,M,L,EF, B, M, L, E are concyclic.

Conversely, suppose B,E,F,MB, E, F, M are concyclic. Since EE and FF lie on the circle with a diameter ML′ML', ∠MBL′=90∘\angle MBL' = 90^\circ. It can be easily seen that ∠MBK=∠MEF=∠BAO\angle MBK = \angle MEF = \angle BAO, and so BMBM is parallel to AOAO. It follows that AOAO and BL′BL' are orthogonal to each other, thereby BL′BL' and KCKC being parallel to each other. Therefore, BL′=BLBL' = BL, which implies L′=LL' = L and W′=WW' = W. □\square

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