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Belarusian Mathematical Olympiad

Geometry Difficulty 5.6 AIME, harder Prove it Belarus

Let II be the center of inscribed circle of the non-isosceles triangle ABCABC. The ray AIAI meets circumscribed circle of the triangle ABCABC at point DD. The circle passing through CC, DD, and II meets again the ray BIBI at point KK.
Prove that BK=CKBK = CK.

Solution

Let OO be the circumcenter of the triangle △ABC\triangle ABC. Let ∠BAC=α\angle BAC = \alpha, ∠ABC=β\angle ABC = \beta, ∠ACB=γ\angle ACB = \gamma. We construct the line passing through DD and OO. Let LL be the point of intersection of this line and the ray BIBI. Since AIAI is a bisector of the angle BACBAC, we have BD=DCBD = DC, and so the line DODO is a perpendicular bisector of the segment BCBC. Therefore, BL=CLBL = CL, i.e. the triangle BLCBLC is isosceles and ∠LBC=∠LCB=β/2\angle LBC = \angle LCB = \beta/2 (BIBI is the bisector of the angle ABCABC). Hence,

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∠ILC=∠BLC=180∘−(∠LBC+∠LCB)=180∘−β. \angle ILC = \angle BLC = 180^{\circ} - (\angle LBC + \angle LCB) = 180^{\circ} - \beta.

On the other hand,
∠CDI=∠CDA=180∘−(∠DAC+∠ACD)==[∠DCB=∠DAB=∠DAC=0.5α,∠ACB=γ,∠ACD==∠ACB+∠DCB=γ+0.5α]=180∘−(0.5α+γ+0.5α)=180∘−α−γ=β. \begin{align*} \angle CDI &= \angle CDA = 180^{\circ} - (\angle DAC + \angle ACD) = \\ &= [\angle DCB = \angle DAB = \angle DAC = 0.5\alpha, \angle ACB = \gamma, \angle ACD = \\ &= \angle ACB + \angle DCB = \gamma + 0.5\alpha] = 180^{\circ} - (0.5\alpha + \gamma + 0.5\alpha) = 180^{\circ} - \alpha - \gamma = \beta. \end{align*}

Therefore, ∠ILC+∠CDI=180∘\angle ILC + \angle CDI = 180^{\circ}. It follows that the points I,D,CI, D, C, and LL lie on the same circumference (passing through I,D,CI, D, C). Thus, KK and LL coincide. Hence, CK=CL=BL=BKCK = CL = BL = BK, as required.

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