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Geometry Difficulty 6.6 National olympiad Find the answer

Let ABCABC be a triangle and let PP be a point in its interior. Suppose BAP=10,ABP=20,PCA=30 \angle B A P = 10 ^ { \circ } , \angle A B P = 20 ^ { \circ } , \angle P C A = 30 ^ { \circ } and PAC=40 \angle P A C = 40 ^ { \circ } . Find PBC \angle P B C .

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Solution

1. Given the angles in the triangle ABC \triangle ABC with point P P inside it, we have:
BAP=10,ABP=20,PCA=30,PAC=40 \angle BAP = 10^\circ, \quad \angle ABP = 20^\circ, \quad \angle PCA = 30^\circ, \quad \angle PAC = 40^\circ

2. First, we find APB \angle APB :
APB=180BAPABP=1801020=150 \angle APB = 180^\circ - \angle BAP - \angle ABP = 180^\circ - 10^\circ - 20^\circ = 150^\circ

3. Next, we find BPC \angle BPC :
BPC=180APBPCA=18015030=100 \angle BPC = 180^\circ - \angle APB - \angle PCA = 180^\circ - 150^\circ - 30^\circ = 100^\circ

4. Using the Law of Sines in ABP \triangle ABP :
APsin20=BPsin10=csin150 \frac{AP}{\sin 20^\circ} = \frac{BP}{\sin 10^\circ} = \frac{c}{\sin 150^\circ}
Since sin150=sin30=12 \sin 150^\circ = \sin 30^\circ = \frac{1}{2} , we have:
csin150=2c \frac{c}{\sin 150^\circ} = 2c
Therefore:
AP=2csin20,BP=2csin10 AP = 2c \sin 20^\circ, \quad BP = 2c \sin 10^\circ

5. Using the Law of Sines in APC \triangle APC :
APsin30=CPsin40 \frac{AP}{\sin 30^\circ} = \frac{CP}{\sin 40^\circ}
Since sin30=12 \sin 30^\circ = \frac{1}{2} , we have:
AP12=2AP=CPsin40 \frac{AP}{\frac{1}{2}} = 2AP = \frac{CP}{\sin 40^\circ}
Therefore:
CP=2APsin40=4csin20sin40 CP = 2AP \sin 40^\circ = 4c \sin 20^\circ \sin 40^\circ
Using the double-angle identity sin2θ=2sinθcosθ \sin 2\theta = 2 \sin \theta \cos \theta , we get:
CP=c(2cos201) CP = c (2 \cos 20^\circ - 1)

6. Let PBC=x \angle PBC = x . Using the Law of Sines in BPC \triangle BPC :
CPsinx=BPsin(80x) \frac{CP}{\sin x} = \frac{BP}{\sin (80^\circ - x)}
Substituting the values:
c(2cos201)sinx=2csin10sin(80x) \frac{c (2 \cos 20^\circ - 1)}{\sin x} = \frac{2c \sin 10^\circ}{\sin (80^\circ - x)}
Simplifying, we get:
2cos201sinx=2sin10sin(80x) \frac{2 \cos 20^\circ - 1}{\sin x} = \frac{2 \sin 10^\circ}{\sin (80^\circ - x)}

7. Using the identity sin(80x)=cos(10+x) \sin (80^\circ - x) = \cos (10^\circ + x) , we have:
2cos201sinx=2sin10cos(10+x) \frac{2 \cos 20^\circ - 1}{\sin x} = \frac{2 \sin 10^\circ}{\cos (10^\circ + x)}

8. After simplification and factorization, we get:
2cos20cos(10+x)=2sin10sinx+cos(10+x)=cos(x10) 2 \cos 20^\circ \cos (10^\circ + x) = 2 \sin 10^\circ \sin x + \cos (10^\circ + x) = \cos (x - 10^\circ)

9. Solving the equation cos(30+x)=0 \cos (30^\circ + x) = 0 :
30+x=90    x=60 30^\circ + x = 90^\circ \implies x = 60^\circ

The final answer is 60 \boxed{60^\circ}

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