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Geometry Difficulty 6.8 National olympiad Prove it China

In PBC\triangle PBC, PBC=60\angle PBC = 60^\circ. The tangent at point PP to the circumcircle ww of PBC\triangle PBC intersects with line CBCB at AA. Points DD and EE lie on the line segment PAPA and circle ww respectively, such that DBE=90\angle DBE = 90^\circ and PD=PEPD = PE. BEBE and PCPC meet at FF. It is given that lines AFAF, BPBP and CDCD are concurrent.
(1) Prove that BFBF is the bisector of PBC\angle PBC;
(2) Find the value of tanPCB\tan \angle PCB.

Solution

By the angle bisector theorem, we have
PFFCCBBAADDP=PBBCBCBAABPB=1. \frac{PF}{FC} \cdot \frac{CB}{BA} \cdot \frac{AD}{DP} = \frac{PB}{BC} \cdot \frac{BC}{BA} \cdot \frac{AB}{PB} = 1.
By the converse of Ceva theorem, the lines AFAF, BPBP and CDCD are concurrent.
Suppose there exists DBF\angle D'BF' satisfying the conditions: (a) DBF=90\angle D'BF' = 90^\circ, (b) the lines AFAF', BPBP and CDCD' are concurrent. We may assume that FF' lies on PFPF. Then, DD' is on ADAD.
So
PFFC<PFFC,ADPD<ADPD. \frac{PF'}{F'C} < \frac{PF}{FC}, \quad \frac{AD'}{PD'} < \frac{AD}{PD}.
Thus
PFFCCBBAADDP<PBBCBCBAABPB=1, \frac{PF'}{F'C} \cdot \frac{CB}{BA} \cdot \frac{AD'}{D'P} < \frac{PB}{BC} \cdot \frac{BC}{BA} \cdot \frac{AB}{PB} = 1,
which leads to a contradiction. This completes the proof.

(2) We may assume that the circle OO has radius 1. Let

PCB=α\angle PCB = \alpha. By (1), PBE=EBC=30\angle PBE = \angle EBC = 30^\circ. Therefore, EE is the midpoint of PC\overline{PC}.
Since MPE=PBE=30\angle MPE = \angle PBE = 30^\circ, CPE=CBE=30\angle CPE = \angle CBE = 30^\circ and PD=PEPD = PE, we obtain PDE=PED=15\angle PDE = \angle PED = 15^\circ, PE=21sin30PE = 2 \cdot 1 \cdot \sin 30^\circ and DE=2cos15DE = 2\cos 15^\circ.

Figure 1

Since
BE=2sinECB=2sin(α+30) BE = 2\sin \angle ECB = 2\sin(\alpha + 30^\circ)
and BED=BEP15\angle BED = \angle BEP - 15^\circ, we have
cos(α15)=BEDE=2sin(α+30)2cos15, \cos(\alpha - 15^\circ) = \frac{BE}{DE} = \frac{2\sin(\alpha + 30^\circ)}{2\cos 15^\circ},
cos(α15)cos15=sin(α+30), \cos(\alpha - 15^\circ)\cos 15^\circ = \sin(\alpha + 30^\circ),
cosα+cos(α30)=2sin(α+30), \cos \alpha + \cos(\alpha - 30^\circ) = 2\sin(\alpha + 30^\circ),
cosα+cosαcos30+sinαsin30=3sinα+cosα, \cos \alpha + \cos \alpha \cos 30^\circ + \sin \alpha \sin 30^\circ = \sqrt{3} \sin \alpha + \cos \alpha,
1+32+12tanα=3tanα+1. 1 + \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} + \frac{1}{2} \tan \alpha = \sqrt{3} \tan \alpha + 1.
So
tanα=6+311. \tan \alpha = \frac{6 + \sqrt{3}}{11}.

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