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Geometry Difficulty 6.9 National Olympiad Prove it Taiwan

Let △ABC\triangle ABC be an acute triangle, and let MM be the midpoint of ACAC. A circle ω\omega passing through BB and MM meets the sides ABAB and BCBC again at PP and QQ, respectively. Let TT be the point such that the quadrilateral BPTQBPTQ is a parallelogram. Suppose that TT lies on the circumcircle of the triangle ABCABC. Determine all possible values of BT/BMBT/BM.

Solution

BT/BM=2BT/BM = \sqrt{2}。

令 SS 為平行四邊形 BPTMBPTM 的中心, 並令點 B′≠BB' \neq B 是在射線 BMBM 上滿足 BM=MB′BM = MB' 的點, 如圖 1 所示。易知 ABCB′ABCB' 為平行四邊形。

Figure 1

圖 1

所以, ∠ABB′=∠PQM\angle ABB' = \angle PQM, 以及 ∠BB′A=∠B′BC=∠MPQ\angle BB'A = \angle B'BC = \angle MPQ, 由此得 △ABB′∼△MQP\triangle ABB' \sim \triangle MQP。於是 AMAM 與 MSMS 分別是這兩個相似三角形對應邊的中線。可知

∠SMP=∠B′AM=∠BCA=∠BTA.(1) \angle SMP = \angle B'AM = \angle BCA = \angle BTA. \quad (1)

因為 ∠ACT=∠PBT\angle ACT = \angle PBT,以及 ∠TAC=∠TBC=∠BTP\angle TAC = \angle TBC = \angle BTP,可得 △TCA∼△PBT\triangle TCA \sim \triangle PBT。再一次,TMTM 與 PSPS 分別是這兩個相似三角形對應邊的中線,可知

∠MTA=∠TPS=∠BQP=∠BMP.(2) \angle MTA = \angle TPS = \angle BQP = \angle BMP. \quad (2)

以下分兩種情況討論。

Case 1. SS 不在 BMBM 線上。因為 AA、CC 兩點的角色是對稱的, 我們不妨假設 SS 與 AA 位於 BMBM 直線的同側。

利用 (1) 及 (2), 得
∠BMS=∠BMP−∠SMP=∠MTA−∠BTA=∠MTB, \angle BMS = \angle BMP - \angle SMP = \angle MTA - \angle BTA = \angle MTB,
故兩三角形 BSMBSM 與 BMTBMT 相似。於是 BM2=BS⋅BT=BT2/2BM^2 = BS \cdot BT = BT^2/2,即
BT=2BM BT = \sqrt{2}BM

Case 2. SS 落在 BMBM 線上。由 (2) 知 ∠BCA=∠MTA=∠BQP=∠BMP\angle BCA = \angle MTA = \angle BQP = \angle BMP (如圖 2 所示)。所以 PQ∥ACPQ \parallel AC, 且 PM∥ATPM \parallel AT。於是 BS/BM=BP/BA=BM/BTBS/BM = BP/BA = BM/BT, 一樣得到 BT2=2BM2BT^2 = 2BM^2, 所以 BT=2BMBT = \sqrt{2}BM。

Figure 2

圖 2

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