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Geometry Difficulty 7.6 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it Belarus

Two points AA and BB are marked on the right branch of the hyperbola y=1/xy = 1/x (x>0x > 0). The straight line \ell passing through the origin OO is perpendicular to the line ABAB and meets ABAB and the given branch of the hyperbola at points DD and CC, respectively. The circle SS passes through the points A,B,CA, B, C and meets \ell at FF.
Find all possible values of the ratio OD:CFOD:CF.

Solution

Let A(a;1/a)A(a; 1/a), B(b;1/b)B(b; 1/b), C(c;1/c)C(c; 1/c). It is easy to see that y=xab+1a+1by = -\frac{x}{ab} + \frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} is the equation of the line ABAB and y=abxy = abx is the equation of the line ODOD because ODOD is perpendicular to ABAB. Then we easily calculate the coordinates of CC: C=(1ab,ab)C = (\frac{1}{\sqrt{ab}}, \sqrt{ab}).

Let (xt)2+(yl)2=r2(x-t)^2 + (y-l)^2 = r^2 be the equation of the circle SS. Since A,B,CA, B, C lie on the hyperbola, we have
(xt)2+(1xl)2=r2    x42tx3+(t2+l2r2)x22lx+1=0.(1) (x-t)^2 + \left(\frac{1}{x}-l\right)^2 = r^2 \implies x^4 - 2tx^3 + (t^2+l^2-r^2)x^2 - 2lx + 1 = 0. \quad (1)
Equation (1) has even number of real roots. Since SS passes through A,B,CA, B, C, equation (1) has four real roots (not necessarily different). Let α\alpha be the fourth root of (1), then
1=αabc=αabab=αab    α=1ab. 1 = \alpha abc = \alpha \frac{ab}{\sqrt{ab}} = \alpha \sqrt{ab} \implies \alpha = \frac{1}{\sqrt{ab}}.
By Vieta's theorem,
2t=a+b+21ab,2l=1a+1b+2ab,t2+l2r2=ab+1ab+2a+bab. 2t = a + b + 2\frac{1}{\sqrt{ab}}, \quad 2l = \frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} + 2\sqrt{ab}, \quad t^2 + l^2 - r^2 = ab + \frac{1}{ab} + 2\frac{a+b}{\sqrt{ab}}.
Hence
r2=(a+b2+1ab)2+(a+b2ab+ab)2ab1ab2a+bab= r^2 = \left(\frac{a+b}{2} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{ab}}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{a+b}{2ab} + \sqrt{ab}\right)^2 - ab - \frac{1}{ab} - 2\frac{a+b}{\sqrt{ab}} =
=(a+b2)2(1+1a2b2). = \left(\frac{a+b}{2}\right)^2 \left(1+\frac{1}{a^2b^2}\right).

Let a+b=na+b=n, ab=m\sqrt{ab}=m, then
(xn21m)2+(yn2m2m)2=(n2)2(1+1m4). \left(x - \frac{n}{2} - \frac{1}{m}\right)^2 + \left(y - \frac{n}{2m^2} - m\right)^2 = \left(\frac{n}{2}\right)^2 \left(1 + \frac{1}{m^4}\right).
Find the coordinates of the intersection points of SS and the line ODOD. Since the equation of ODOD is y=abx=m2xy = abx = m^2x, we have
(xn21m)2+(m2xn2m2m)2=r2.(2) \left(x - \frac{n}{2} - \frac{1}{m}\right)^2 + \left(m^2x - \frac{n}{2m^2} - m\right)^2 = r^2. \quad (2)
This equation has two roots, one of them is the abscissa of CC, i.e., 1m\frac{1}{m} and the other is the abscissa of FF (it is easy to verify that x=1mx = \frac{1}{m} satisfies (2)). Let F=(f;g)F = (f; g). Then, by Vieta's theorem,
1m+f=2(n2+1m+n2+m3)1+m4=2nm4+1+2m    f=2nm4+1+1m. \frac{1}{m} + f = \frac{2\left(\frac{n}{2} + \frac{1}{m} + \frac{n}{2} + m^3\right)}{1 + m^4} = \frac{2n}{m^4 + 1} + \frac{2}{m} \implies f = \frac{2n}{m^4 + 1} + \frac{1}{m}.
Then g=abf=m2f=m+2nm2m4+1g = abf = m^2f = m + \frac{2nm^2}{m^4 + 1}. Therefore
CF2=(1m1m2nm4+1)2+(mm2nm2m4+1)2==(2nm4+1)2(m4+1)=4n2m4+1. CF^2 = \left(\frac{1}{m} - \frac{1}{m} - \frac{2n}{m^4 + 1}\right)^2 + \left(m - m - \frac{2nm^2}{m^4 + 1}\right)^2 = \\ = \left(\frac{2n}{m^4 + 1}\right)^2 (m^4 + 1) = \frac{4n^2}{m^4 + 1}.
Let D=(d;e)D = (d; e). Since DD is the intersection point of ODOD and ABAB, we have
abd=dab+1a+1b    a+bab=d(ab+1ab)     abd = -\frac{d}{ab} + \frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} \implies \frac{a+b}{ab} = d \left(ab + \frac{1}{ab}\right) \implies
d=a+b1+a2b2=nm4+1, d = \frac{a+b}{1+a^2b^2} = \frac{n}{m^4+1},
e=abd=m2d=m2nm4+1. e = abd = m^2d = \frac{m^2n}{m^4 + 1}.
Therefore
OD2=n2(m4+1)2+m4n2(m4+1)2=n2m4+1. OD^2 = \frac{n^2}{(m^4 + 1)^2} + \frac{m^4 n^2}{(m^4 + 1)^2} = \frac{n^2}{m^4 + 1}.
Then
OD2CF2=n2m4+1m4+14n2=14    ODCF=12. \frac{OD^2}{CF^2} = \frac{n^2}{m^4 + 1} \cdot \frac{m^4 + 1}{4n^2} = \frac{1}{4} \implies \frac{OD}{CF} = \frac{1}{2}.

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