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The incircle of a triangle ABCABC touches the sides [BC],[CA],[AB][BC], [CA], [AB] at points D,E,FD, E, F, respectively. The circle passing through point AA and touches the line BCBC at DD intersects the line segments [BF][BF] and [CE][CE] at the points KK and LL, respectively. The line passing through EE and parallel to DLDL and the line passing through FF and parallel to DKDK intersect at the point PP. Let R1,R2,R3,R4R_1, R_2, R_3, R_4 denote the circumradius of the triangles AFD,AED,FPD,EPDAFD, AED, FPD, EPD, respectively. Prove that R1R4=R2R3R_1R_4 = R_2R_3.

Solution

Let MM be the intersection of the lines PEPE and BCBC, NN be the intersection of the lines PFPF and BCBC. We will prove that MD=NDMD = ND.

The power of BB with respect to the circumcircle of the triangle AKDAKD gives
BKBA=BD2=BF2,i.e. BK2+BKKF+BKAF=(BK+KF)2. BK \cdot BA = BD^2 = BF^2, i.e.\ BK^2 + BK \cdot KF + BK \cdot AF = (BK + KF)^2.
Therefore, AF=KFBDBKAF = \frac{KF \cdot BD}{BK}. On the other hand as FNKDFN \parallel KD we have NDBD=KFBK\frac{ND}{BD} = \frac{KF}{BK}
and hence ND=AFND = AF. Similarly we can get MD=AEMD = AE and then AE=AFAE = AF. Thus,
MD=NDMD = ND.

Now note that DAE=LDC=EMD\angle DAE = \angle LDC = \angle EMD and hence the points A,E,D,MA, E, D, M are concyclic. Thus the circumradius of the triangle EMDEMD is R2R_2. Since PD=2R4sin(PED)PD = 2R_4 \cdot \sin(\angle PED), MD=2R2sin(MED)MD = 2R_2 \cdot \sin(\angle MED) and MED=PED\angle MED = \angle PED, we get PDMD=R1R2\frac{PD}{MD} = \frac{R_1}{R_2}. In a similar way we can get R3R1=PDND\frac{R_3}{R_1} = \frac{PD}{ND} and the result follows.

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