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Geometry Difficulty 7.0 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Iran

Point DD is chosen on the Euler line of triangle ABCABC, inside the triangle. Let E,FE, F be the intersection points of BD,ACBD, AC and CD,ABCD, AB, respectively. Point XX lies on the line ADAD such that EXF=180A\angle EXF = 180^\circ - \angle A, also AA and XX are on the same side of EFEF. If PP is the second intersection of circumcircles of CXFCXF and BXEBXE, prove that the lines XPXP and EFEF meet on the altitude of AA. (the Euler line is the line connecting the orthocenter to the circumcenter.)

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Solution

BDCDsin(AABD)sin(AACD)=cosBcosC() \frac{BD}{CD} \cdot \frac{\sin(\angle A - \angle ABD)}{\sin(\angle A - \angle ACD)} = \frac{\cos \angle B}{\cos \angle C} \quad (\heartsuit)
Let RR and QQ be the intersections of the perpendicular bisectors of ACAC and ABAB with ABAB and ACAC, respectively. It is well-known that CRCR and BQBQ meet on OHOH. Let SS be the concurrency point of CRCR and BQBQ. It is obvious that AACD=180DCS\angle A - \angle ACD = 180^\circ - \angle DCS and AABD=SBD\angle A - \angle ABD = \angle SBD. So by law of sines
sinDSBsinDSC=BDCDsinDBSsinDCS=BDCDsin(AABD)sin(AACD)(1) \frac{\sin \angle DSB}{\sin \angle DSC} = \frac{BD}{CD} \cdot \frac{\sin \angle DBS}{\sin \angle DCS} = \frac{BD}{CD} \cdot \frac{\sin(\angle A - \angle ABD)}{\sin(\angle A - \angle ACD)} \quad (1)

and
sinOSBsinOSC=BOCOsinOBSsinOCS=cosBcosC.(2) \frac{\sin \angle OSB}{\sin \angle OSC} = \frac{BO}{CO} \cdot \frac{\sin \angle OBS}{\sin \angle OCS} = \frac{\cos \angle B}{\cos \angle C}. \quad (2)
From (1) and (2), ()(\heartsuit) follows.

Suppose that the circumcircle of triangle BXEBXE intersects the lines ABAB and EFEF again at LL and UU, and the circumcircle of triangle CXFCXF intersects the lines ACAC and EFEF again at KK and VV. Let AHAH and ADAD intersect EFEF and BCBC at JJ and GG, respectively. We just need to show that JEJV=JFJU\frac{JE}{JV} = \frac{JF}{JU} that is equivalent to JEEV=JFFU\frac{JE}{EV} = \frac{JF}{FU}. Notice that
KXE=KXFEXF=(180ACD)(180A)=AACD. \angle KXE = \angle KXF - \angle EXF = (180^\circ - \angle ACD) - (180^\circ - \angle A) = \angle A - \angle ACD.
Now by law of sines
EKEX=sinKXEsinXKE=sin(AACD)sinXFC. \frac{EK}{EX} = \frac{\sin \angle KXE}{\sin \angle XKE} = \frac{\sin(\angle A - \angle ACD)}{\sin \angle XFC}.
Similarly we have
FLFX=sin(AABD)sinXEB. \frac{FL}{FX} = \frac{\sin(\angle A - \angle ABD)}{\sin \angle XEB}.

Therefore,
EKFL=EXFXsinXEBsinXFCsin(AACD)sin(AABD)=sinEDAsinFDAsin(AACD)sin(AABD)=BGCGCDBDsin(AACD)sin(AABD)=()BGCGcosCcosB, \begin{align*} \frac{EK}{FL} &= \frac{EX}{FX} \cdot \frac{\sin \angle XEB}{\sin \angle XFC} \cdot \frac{\sin(\angle A - \angle ACD)}{\sin(\angle A - \angle ABD)} \\ &= \frac{\sin \angle EDA}{\sin \angle FDA} \cdot \frac{\sin(\angle A - \angle ACD)}{\sin(\angle A - \angle ABD)} \tag{3} \\ &= \frac{BG}{CG} \cdot \frac{CD}{BD} \cdot \frac{\sin(\angle A - \angle ACD)}{\sin(\angle A - \angle ABD)} \stackrel{(\heartsuit)}{=} \frac{BG}{CG} \cdot \frac{\cos \angle C}{\cos \angle B}, \end{align*}
On the other hand by Ceva's theorem
EKFL=EVEFCEFUEFBF=EVFUBGCGAFAE    (3)EVFU=AEAFcosCcosB=JEJF, \frac{EK}{FL} = \frac{\frac{EV \cdot EF}{CE}}{\frac{FU \cdot EF}{BF}} = \frac{EV}{FU} \cdot \frac{BG}{CG} \cdot \frac{AF}{AE} \\ \stackrel{(3)}{\implies} \frac{EV}{FU} = \frac{AE}{AF} \cdot \frac{\cos \angle C}{\cos \angle B} = \frac{JE}{JF},
as desired.

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