Let be an acute angled triangle. Let be the circles with centres respectively such that any two of them are tangent to each other. Circumcircle of intersects with at and , with at and , with at and . Prove that the incenter of the triangle determined by the lines and the incenter of the triangle coincide.
, 2023
Solution
Let the circumcircle of the triangle be . Let the tangency point of and be , and be , and be . Let the incenter of be , then it's easy to see that are perpendicular to the respective sides of since we have , etc. The radical axis of circles: are concurrent, let's say at point where are defined similarly. Then lies on the perpendicular since it is the radical axis of the tangent circles . Let be the center of and , then and is cyclic. Therefore, and similarly and is an angle bisector of the triangle , results for and follow similarly.
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