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Geometry Difficulty 6.9 National olympiad Prove it Japan

In an acute triangle ABCABC, points DD and EE lie on sides ABAB and ACAC respectively which satisfy BD=CEBD = CE. Point PP is on line segment DEDE and point QQ lie on arc BCBC, not containing AA, of the circumcircle of triangle ABCABC. These points satisfy BP:PC=EQ:QDBP : PC = EQ : QD and points A,B,C,D,E,P,QA, B, C, D, E, P, Q are all distinct. Show that BPC=BAC+EQD\angle BPC = \angle BAC + \angle EQD.

In the above, denote by XYXY the length of line segment XYXY.

Solution

Let F,GF, G be the intersection points of lines QD,QEQD, QE and triangle ABCABC other than QQ respectively. Let line BGBG and CFCF meet at RR. Then, application of Pascal's theorem for six points A,B,G,Q,F,CA, B, G, Q, F, C which are concyclic shows that D,E,RD, E, R are colinear. These six points are on the same circle in the order A,F,B,Q,C,GA, F, B, Q, C, G. In particular, RR lies on segment DEDE. We will show that P=RP = R.

First, we show that BP:PC=BR:RCBP : PC = BR : RC. Applying the sine rule to triangle BRCBRC provides that
BR:RC=sinRCB:sinCBR=sinDQB:sinCQE. BR : RC = \sin \angle RCB : \sin \angle CBR = \sin \angle DQB : \sin \angle CQE.
On the other hand, applying the sine rule to triangle DQBDQB and triangle CQECQE provides that
BP:PC=QE:QD=CEsinECQsinCQE:BDsinQBDsinDQB BP : PC = QE : QD = CE \cdot \frac{\sin \angle ECQ}{\sin \angle CQE} : BD \cdot \frac{\sin \angle QBD}{\sin \angle DQB}
From ECQ+QBD=180\angle ECQ + \angle QBD = 180^\circ and BD=CEBD = CE we obtain
BP:PC=sinDQB:sinCQE=BR:RC. BP : PC = \sin \angle DQB : \sin \angle CQE = BR : RC.
Assume that PP and RR are distinct. In case that D,P,R,ED, P, R, E lie in that order, we have
CBR<CBP<CBA<90,PCB<RCB<ACB<90. \angle CBR < \angle CBP < \angle CBA < 90^\circ, \\ \angle PCB < \angle RCB < \angle ACB < 90^\circ.
This shows that sinCBR<sinCBP\sin \angle CBR < \sin \angle CBP, sinPCB<sinRCB\sin \angle PCB < \sin \angle RCB. By the sine rule we obtain
PCBP=sinCBPsinPCB>sinCBRsinRCB=RCBR \frac{PC}{BP} = \frac{\sin \angle CBP}{\sin \angle PCB} > \frac{\sin \angle CBR}{\sin \angle RCB} = \frac{RC}{BR}
which contradicts BP:PC=BR:RCBP : PC = BR : RC. In case that D,R,P,ED, R, P, E lie in that order, we have a contradiction similarly. Thus we have P=RP = R by contradiction.

From above we have
BPC=BRC=180RCBCBR=180DQBCQE. \angle BPC = \angle BRC = 180^\circ - \angle RCB - \angle CBR = 180^\circ - \angle DQB - \angle CQE.
In addition, we have
DQB+CQE=CQBEQD=180BACEQD. \angle DQB + \angle CQE = \angle CQB - \angle EQD = 180^\circ - \angle BAC - \angle EQD.
Putting them together, we obtain BPC=BAC+EQD\angle BPC = \angle BAC + \angle EQD, which yields the desired conclusion.

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