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Geometry Difficulty 6.0 National Olympiad Prove it Taiwan

Let PP be a point inside the triangle ABCABC. Suppose that the lines APAP, BPBP, CPCP intersect with the circumcircle of the triangle ABCABC at the points TT, SS, RR, respectively (TAT \neq A, SBS \neq B, RCR \neq C). Let UU be a point interior to the segment PTPT. The line that passes UU and is parallel to ABAB intersects with CRCR at the point WW. The line that passes UU and is parallel to ACAC intersects with BSBS at the point VV. Finally, the line that passes BB and is parallel to CPCP intersects with the line that passes CC and is parallel to BPBP at the point QQ. Given that RSRS is parallel to VWVW, prove that CAP=BAQ\angle CAP = \angle BAQ.

Solution

(i) Let the line that passes UU and is parallel to ACAC intersect CRCR at XX, and let the line that passes UU and is parallel to ABAB intersect BSBS at YY. Since UYABUY \parallel AB, PUTPAB\triangle PUT \sim \triangle PAB. From this we get PUAP=PYBP\frac{PU}{AP} = \frac{PY}{BP}. Similarly PUAP=PXCP\frac{PU}{AP} = \frac{PX}{CP}. Hence PYBP=PXCP\frac{PY}{BP} = \frac{PX}{CP}, and therefore XYBCXY \parallel BC.

(ii) Since VWP=XRS=PBC=BYX\angle VWP = \angle XRS = \angle PBC = \angle BYX, it follows that RR, SS, XX, YY are concyclic, and also VV, WW, XX, YY are concyclic.

(iii) Since VV, WW, XX, YY are concyclic, BYU=CYU\angle BYU = \angle CYU, and from this we obtain ABP=ACP\angle ABP = \angle ACP (because UYABUY \parallel AB, UXACUX \parallel AC).

(iv) Let APAP meet CQCQ at DD, let BPBP meet ACAC at EE, and let CPCP meet ABAB at FF. To prove CAP=BAQ\angle CAP = \angle BAQ, it suffices to prove BAQCADEAP\triangle BAQ \sim \triangle CAD \sim \triangle EAP.
Since BPCQBPCQ is a parallelogram, and ABP=ACP\angle ABP = \angle ACP, ABQ=ACD=AEP\angle ABQ = \angle ACD = \angle AEP, and also PC=BQPC = BQ. So if BQAB=EPAE\frac{BQ}{AB} = \frac{EP}{AE} or PCAB=EPAE\frac{PC}{AB} = \frac{EP}{AE}, then we can obtain BAQEAP\triangle BAQ \sim \triangle EAP.

(v) By the Law of Sines, ABAE=sinAEPsinABP\frac{AB}{AE} = \frac{\sin \angle AEP}{\sin \angle ABP}, PCPE=sinPECsinACP\frac{PC}{PE} = \frac{\sin \angle PEC}{\sin \angle ACP}. Since ABP=ACP\angle ABP = \angle ACP and PEC\angle PEC, AEP\angle AEP are supplementary, we get ABAE=PCPE\frac{AB}{AE} = \frac{PC}{PE}. This completes the proof!

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