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Geometry Difficulty 6.7 National olympiad Prove it

Let ω\omega be the circumcircle of a triangle ABCA B C. Denote by MM and NN the midpoints of the sides ABA B and ACA C, respectively, and denote by TT the midpoint of the arcBC\operatorname{arc} B C of ω\omega not containing AA. The circumcircles of the triangles AMTA M T and ANTA N T intersect the perpendicular bisectors of ACA C and ABA B at points XX and YY, respectively; assume that XX and YY lie inside the triangle ABCA B C. The lines MNM N and XYX Y intersect at KK. Prove that KA=KTK A=K T. (Iran)

Solution

Let OO be the center of ω\omega, thus O=MYNXO=M Y \cap N X. Let \ell be the perpendicular bisector of ATA T (it also passes through OO). Denote by rr the operation of reflection about \ell. Since ATA T is the angle bisector of BAC\angle B A C, the line r(AB)r(A B) is parallel to ACA C. Since OMABO M \perp A B and ONACO N \perp A C, this means that the line r(OM)r(O M) is parallel to the line ONO N and passes through OO, so r(OM)=ONr(O M)=O N. Finally, the circumcircle γ\gamma of the triangle AMTA M T is symmetric about \ell, so r(γ)=γr(\gamma)=\gamma. Thus the point MM maps to the common point of ONO N with the arc AMTA M T of γ\gamma - that is, r(M)=Xr(M)=X. Similarly, r(N)=Yr(N)=Y. Thus, we get r(MN)=XYr(M N)=X Y, and the common point KK of MNM N and XYX Y lies on \ell. This means exactly that KA=KTK A=K T. !

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