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Geometry Difficulty 7.2 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Iran

Let ABCABC be an acute-angled scalene triangle. The internal angle bisector of vertex AA intersects the opposite side BCBC at EE and the minor arc BCBC of the circumcircle of ABC\triangle ABC at MM. Suppose DMD \neq M is a point on the minor arc BCBC such that ED=EMED = EM. Also, let PP be a point on the line segment ADAD such that ABP=ACP0\angle ABP = \angle ACP \neq 0. If OO is the circumcenter of ABC\triangle ABC, prove that OPAMOP \perp AM.

Solution

From OO, we draw a perpendicular to AMAM which intersects ADAD and BCBC at PP' and XX respectively. Since OO and EE are both on the perpendicular bisector of MDMD, then OEMDOE \perp MD. Since EE is the orthocenter of OXM\triangle OXM (this implies XEOMXE \perp OM, MEOXME \perp OX, and OEXMOE \perp XM), and we have OEMDOE \perp MD, it implies XMXM and MDMD are the same line. Consequently XX, MM, DD are collinear. So we have:
XPXO=XDXM XP' \cdot XO = XD \cdot XM
Also, XDXM=XBXCXD \cdot XM = XB \cdot XC. Thus, XPXO=XBXCXP' \cdot XO = XB \cdot XC. This implies OPBCOP'BC is cyclic. So:
PBC=180POC=180(POM+MOC)=180(90(BC2)+A)=90+(BC2)A \begin{aligned} \angle P'BC &= 180^\circ - \angle P'OC \\ &= 180^\circ - (\angle P'OM + \angle MOC) \\ &= 180^\circ - (90^\circ - (\frac{B-C}{2}) + \angle A) \\ &= 90^\circ + (\frac{B-C}{2}) - \angle A \end{aligned}
PBO=PBC(90A)=BC2 \Rightarrow \angle P'BO = \angle P'BC - (90^\circ - \angle A) = \frac{B-C}{2}
PBA=OBAOBP=(90C)BC2=(90B)+BC2=PCA \Rightarrow \angle P'BA = \angle OBA - \angle OBP' = (90^\circ - C) - \frac{B-C}{2} = (90^\circ - B) + \frac{B-C}{2} = \angle P'CA

Now we show that point PP on ADAD is unique. Assume for contradiction that this is not the case, and for two distinct points YY and ZZ on ADAD (YZY \neq Z) we have YBA=YCA\angle YBA = \angle YCA and ZBA=ZCA\angle ZBA = \angle ZCA. Then we have:
ZYYA=BZBAsinZBYsinYBA=CZCAsinZCYsinYCA \frac{ZY}{YA} = \frac{BZ}{BA} \cdot \frac{\sin \angle ZBY}{\sin \angle YBA} = \frac{CZ}{CA} \cdot \frac{\sin \angle ZCY}{\sin \angle YCA}
Given YBA=YCA\angle YBA = \angle YCA and ZBA=ZCA\angle ZBA = \angle ZCA. If we assume ZBY=ZCY\angle ZBY = \angle ZCY, then:
BZBA=CZCA \frac{BZ}{BA} = \frac{CZ}{CA}
BZBA=CZCABZCZ=BACA \Leftrightarrow \frac{BZ}{BA} = \frac{CZ}{CA} \Leftrightarrow \frac{BZ}{CZ} = \frac{BA}{CA}
So ZZ, and similarly YY, lie on the Apollonian circle with respect to vertex AA and segment BCBC (locus of points KK such that KB/KC=AB/ACKB/KC = AB/AC). Since YY, ZZ are on ADAD, and also on this Apollonian circle, this leads to a contradiction if YY, ZAZ \neq A and ADAD is not that Apollonian circle. (Note that YAY \neq A and ZAZ \neq A. Also, if one of these points lies on BCBC, it implies AB=ACAB = AC, which contradicts the problem's assumption if ABACAB \neq AC.)
Thus PPP \equiv P' and the proof is complete. ■

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