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Geometry Difficulty 6.6 National olympiad Prove it China

As shown in the figure, in an acute triangle ABCABC with AB<ACAB < AC, let AHAH be its altitude and GG the barycentre. Let P,QP, Q be the tangent points of the incircle to AB,ACAB, AC, respectively. Let M,NM, N be the midpoint of BP,CQBP, CQ, respectively. Let D,ED, E be two points lying on the incircle of the triangle ABCABC such that
BDH+ABC=180,CEH+ACB=180. \angle BDH + \angle ABC = 180^\circ, \quad \angle CEH + \angle ACB = 180^\circ.
Prove that the lines MD,NE,GHMD, NE, GH are concurrent.
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Solution

Proof: On the circumcircle of ABC\triangle ABC, a point FF is chosen such that ABCFABCF forms an isosceles trapezoid. The line FHFH intersects the circumcircle of ABC\triangle ABC at another point LL, and intersects the median AKAK at point GG'. As shown in the figure.
Since AF=2HKAF = 2HK, it follows that AGGK=AFHK=2\frac{AG'}{G'K} = \frac{AF}{HK} = 2, implying that GG' is the centroid of ABC\triangle ABC, hence G=GG' = G. Therefore,
BLH=BLF=12BF^=12AC^=ABC, \angle BLH = \angle BLF = \frac{1}{2}\widehat{BF} = \frac{1}{2}\widehat{AC} = \angle ABC,
Given BDH+ABC=180\angle BDH + \angle ABC = 180^\circ, it follows that BDH+BLH=180\angle BDH + \angle BLH = 180^\circ, which means points B,L,H,DB, L, H, D are concyclic.
Similarly, it can be proved that CLH=ACB\angle CLH = \angle ACB, and points C,L,H,EC, L, H, E are concyclic.
Since BLH=ABH\angle BLH = \angle ABH, PBPB is tangent to circle BLHD\odot BLHD at point BB. Let the incircle of ABC\triangle ABC be ω\omega, and PBPB is an external common tangent of ω\omega and BLHD\odot BLHD. Given MP=MBMP = MB, it is known that MM is the radical center of ω\omega and BLHD\odot BLHD, thus line MDMD is the radical axis of ω\omega and BLHD\odot BLHD.
Similarly, it can be proved that line NENE is the radical axis of ω\omega and CLHE\odot CLHE. Moreover, line GHGH is the radical axis of BLHD\odot BLHD and CLHE\odot CLHE, therefore lines MD,NE,GHMD, NE, GH either intersect at a single point, or are pairwise parallel.
If MD,NE,GHMD, NE, GH are pairwise parallel, then the centers O1,O2O_1, O_2 of BLHD,CLHE\odot BLHD, \odot CLHE, and the center II of ω\omega are collinear. Since both BDH\angle BDH and CEH\angle CEH are obtuse, O1,O2O_1, O_2 are below BCBC, obviously II is above BCBC. Let the projections of O1,O2,O_1, O_2,

II on BCBC be X,Y,ZX, Y, Z respectively, then X,YX, Y are the midpoints of BH,CHBH, CH respectively. Given AB<ACAB < AC, it is known that Y,ZY, Z are on the same side of AHAH, and
CZ=AC+BCAB2>BC2>CH2=CY. CZ = \frac{AC + BC - AB}{2} > \frac{BC}{2} > \frac{CH}{2} = CY.
Hence, ZZ lies on the segment XYXY, therefore O1,O2,IO_1, O_2, I cannot be collinear, a contradiction. Thus, MD,NE,GHMD, NE, GH intersect at a single point. \square

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