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Geometry Difficulty 6.8 National Olympiad Prove it Taiwan

Let II be the incenter of the triangle ABCABC, and let the incircle touch the sides CA,ABCA, AB at the points E,FE, F, respectively. Let the reflection points of E,FE, F with respect to II be the points G,HG, H, respectively. Suppose that the lines GHGH and BCBC intersect at the point QQ. Denote the midpoint of the side BCBC by MM. Prove that IQIQ and IMIM are perpendicular to each other.

Solution

As shown in the figure, let the incircle touch the side BCBC at the point DD, let GHGH meet BI,CIBI, CI at the points CC', BB' respectively, and let DD' be a point on GHGH such that IDGHID' \perp GH.

1.

a. Since CID=12(A+B)\angle C'ID' = \frac{1}{2}(\angle A + \angle B), ICB=12C\angle IC'B' = \frac{1}{2}\angle C. Similarly, IBC=12B\angle IB'C' = \frac{1}{2}\angle B. From this we know IBCIBC\triangle IBC \sim \triangle IB'C'.

b. Since G,HG, H are respectively the reflection points of E,FE, F with respect to II, G,HG, H lie on the incircle, and EFGHEF \parallel GH. Therefore IGD=IEF=12A\angle IGD' = \angle IEF = \frac{1}{2}\angle A (since A,E,I,FA, E, I, F are concyclic). Hence
IBIB=ICIC=IDID=IDIG=sinDIG=sin12A. \frac{IB'}{IB} = \frac{IC'}{IC} = \frac{ID'}{ID} = \frac{ID'}{IG} = \sin \angle D'IG = \sin \frac{1}{2}\angle A.

2. Applying Menelaus' theorem to IBC,BC\triangle IBC, B'C' gives
BQQCCBBIICCB=1orBM+MQBMMQ=BQQC=IBCBCBIC \frac{BQ}{QC} \cdot \frac{CB'}{B'I} \cdot \frac{IC'}{C'B} = -1 \quad \text{or} \quad \frac{BM + MQ}{BM - MQ} = \frac{BQ}{QC} = \frac{IB'}{CB'} \cdot \frac{C'B}{IC'}
Therefore
BM+MQIBCB=BMMQCBIC=2BMIBCB+CBIC=2MQIBCBCBIC \begin{align*} \frac{BM + MQ}{IB' \cdot C'B} &= \frac{BM - MQ}{CB' \cdot IC'} \\ &= \frac{2BM}{IB' \cdot C'B + CB' \cdot IC'} \\ &= \frac{2MQ}{IB' \cdot C'B - CB' \cdot IC'} \end{align*}

3. From 1. we get
IBCB+CBIC=IBsinA2(IBIC)+(IBIC)ICsinA2=sinA2[IB(IBICsinA2)+(IBsinA2IC)IC]=sinA2(IB2IC2), \begin{aligned} IB' \cdot C'B + CB' \cdot IC' &= IB \sin \frac{\angle A}{2} (IB - IC') + (IB' - IC)IC \sin \frac{\angle A}{2} \\ &= \sin \frac{\angle A}{2} [IB(IB - IC \sin \frac{\angle A}{2}) + (IB \sin \frac{\angle A}{2} - IC)IC] \\ &= \sin \frac{\angle A}{2} (IB^2 - IC^2), \end{aligned}
and
IBCBCBIC=sinA2[IB(IBICsinA2)(IBsinA2IC)IC]=sinA2(IB2+IC22IBICsinA2). \begin{aligned} IB' \cdot C'B - CB' \cdot IC' &= \sin \frac{\angle A}{2} [IB(IB - IC \sin \frac{\angle A}{2}) - (IB \sin \frac{\angle A}{2} - IC)IC] \\ &= \sin \frac{\angle A}{2} (IB^2 + IC^2 - 2 IB \cdot IC \sin \frac{\angle A}{2}). \end{aligned}
Since IB2=ID2+BD2,IC2=ID2+CD2,IB^2 = ID^2 + BD^2, IC^2 = ID^2 + CD^2,
IB2IC2=BD2CD2=(BM+MD)2(BMMD)2=4BMMD. IB^2 - IC^2 = BD^2 - CD^2 = (BM + MD)^2 - (BM - MD)^2 = 4BM \cdot MD.
Since BC2=IB2+IC22IBICcos(90+A2)=IB2+IC2+2IBICsinA2,BC^2 = IB^2 + IC^2 - 2 IB \cdot IC \cos(90^\circ + \frac{\angle A}{2}) = IB^2 + IC^2 + 2 IB \cdot IC \sin \frac{\angle A}{2},
IBCBCBIC=sinA2(2IB2+2IC2BC2)=4IM2sinA2. IB' \cdot C'B - CB' \cdot IC' = \sin \frac{\angle A}{2} (2IB^2 + 2IC^2 - BC^2) = 4IM^2 \sin \frac{\angle A}{2}.

4. From 2. and 3. we get BMBMMD=MQIM2\frac{BM}{BM \cdot MD} = \frac{MQ}{IM^2}, that is, IMMD=MQIM\frac{IM}{MD} = \frac{MQ}{IM}. From this we know IMDQMI\triangle IMD \sim \triangle QMI. Therefore QIM=IQM=90\angle QIM = \angle IQM = 90^\circ, which completes the proof.

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