Let be a point inside the triangle . The lines , and intersect the sides , and at points , and , respectively. Let be a point on the ray such that and . Suppose that and . Prove that .
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Let and . Using Menelaus and Ceva theorems, we get
This shows that the points , , , are harmonic. The lines , , , form a harmonic pencil and hence it follows that the points , , , are also harmonic. In triangle , let and be the feet of the perpendicular lines from the vertices and to the opposite sides. Since is an altitude, the lines , , are concurrent. As the points , , , are harmonic, using Ceva theorem, we get
Therefore, the points , , satisfy the Menelaus theorem in the triangle which in turn implies that the points , , are collinear. Since the points , , , are concyclic, we obtain that and hence . As the similarity ratio is , we conclude that . Since we get and we are done.
Solution 2
As in Solution 1 it can be shown that the points , , , are harmonic. Let , , . We have
It follows that
By applying trigonometric transformation formulas we get
Therefore, we have
Since , and , we get
Finally we obtain that and and hence we are done.