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Geometry Difficulty 5.2 AIME, harder Prove it Czech-Polish-Slovak Mathematical Match

Given is a convex hexagon ABCDEFABCDEF, such that A=C=E\angle A = \angle C = \angle E and AB=BCAB = BC, CD=DECD = DE, EF=FAEF = FA. Prove that the lines ADAD, BEBE and CFCF have a common point.

Solution

Assume that the angle bisectors of the angles B\angle B and D\angle D intersect at PP (Fig. 1). We shall prove that the hexagon ABCDEFABCDEF has an inscribed circle, whose center is PP. Then the conclusion follows from Brianchon's Theorem.
The equality AB=BCAB = BC implies that the triangles ABPABP and CBPCBP are congruent. Hence we have BAP=BCP=x\angle BAP = \angle BCP = x. Similarly, triangles CDPCDP and EDPEDP are congruent, so we obtain DCP=DEP=y\angle DCP = \angle DEP = y.

Figure 1
Fig. 1

Moreover, we have AP=CP=EPAP = CP = EP, which together with the equality AF=EFAF = EF implies that the triangles AFPAFP and EFPEFP are congruent. Thus the angle bisector of the angle F\angle F passes through the point PP and FAP=FEP=z\angle FAP = \angle FEP = z.
Now the equalities A=C=E\angle A = \angle C = \angle E are equivalent to z+x=x+y=y+zz+x=x+y=y+z, which yields x=y=zx=y=z. Therefore the angle bisectors of the angles A\angle A, C\angle C and E\angle E all pass through the point PP. Thus PP is the center of the inscribed circle of the hexagon ABCDEFABCDEF, as claimed.

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