Let , and be the contact points of the incircle of with sides , and respectively. Let and be the incentres of and , respectively. Let be the line passing through and is parallel to , be the line passing through and is parallel to , and be the line passing through and is parallel to . Show that the lines , and are concurrent.
Solution
Let meet at . We claim that is the intersection point of , , . It suffices to show that is a constant.
Let meet the incircle of again at , and meet the line passing through and parallel to at . Let and be the inradii of and respectively. By similar triangles, we obtain
Since is the incentre of , we have . Thus, we have
since .
Combining these, we obtain
This is a constant, and so , , are concurrent at .
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