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Geometry Difficulty 7.0 National olympiad Prove it

Let DD and EE be two points on the sides ABA B and ACA C, respectively, of a triangle ABCA B C, such that DB=BC=CED B = B C = C E, and let FF be the point of intersection of the lines CDC D and BEB E. Prove that the incenter II of the triangle ABCA B C, the orthocenter HH of the triangle DEFD E F, and the midpoint MM of the arc BACB A C of the circumcircle of the triangle ABCA B C are collinear.

Proposed by Danylo Khilko, UKR

Solution

As DB=BC=CED B=B C=C E we have BICDB I \perp C D and CIBEC I \perp B E. Hence II is orthocenter of triangle BFCB F C. Let KK be the point of intersection of the lines BIB I and CDC D, and let LL be the point of intersection of the lines CIC I and BEB E. Then we have the power relation IBIK=ICILI B \cdot I K=I C \cdot I L. Let UU and VV be the feet of the perpendiculars from DD to EFE F and EE to DFD F, respectively. Now we have the power relation DHHU=EHHVD H \cdot H U=E H \cdot H V.
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Let ω1\omega_{1} and ω2\omega_{2} be the circles with diameters BDB D and CEC E, respectively. From the power relations above we conclude that IHI H is the radical axis of the circles ω1\omega_{1} and ω2\omega_{2}.
Let O1O_{1} and O2O_{2} be centers of ω1\omega_{1} and ω2\omega_{2}, respectively. Then MB=MC,BO1=CO2M B=M C, B O_{1}=C O_{2} and MBO1=MCO2\angle M B O_{1}=\angle M C O_{2}, and the triangles MBO1M B O_{1} and MCO2M C O_{2} are congruent. Hence MO1=MO2M O_{1}=M O_{2}. Since radii of ω1\omega_{1} and ω2\omega_{2} are equal, this implies that MM lies on the radical axis of ω1\omega_{1} and ω2\omega_{2} and M,I,HM, I, H are collinear.

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