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Geometry Difficulty 6.9 National olympiad Prove it

Let ABCA B C be a triangle and let ω\omega be its circumcircle. Let B\ell_{B} and C\ell_{C} be two parallel lines passing through BB and CC respectively. The lines B\ell_{B} and C\ell_{C} intersect with ω\omega for the second time at the points DD and EE respectively, with DD belonging on the arc ABA B, and EE on the arc ACA C. Suppose that DAD A intersects C\ell_{C} at FF, and EAE A intersects B\ell_{B} at GG. If O,O1O, O_{1} and O2O_{2} are the circumcenters of the triangles ABC,ADGA B C, A D G and AEFA E F respectively, and PP is the center of the circumcircle of the triangle OO1O2O O_{1} O_{2}, prove that OPO P is parallel to B\ell_{B} and C\ell_{C}.

Solution

Alternative Solution by PSC. Let us write α,β,γ\alpha, \beta, \gamma for the angles of ABCA B C. Since ADBCA D B C is cyclic, we have GDA=180BDA=γ\angle G D A=180^{\circ}-\angle B D A=\gamma. Similarly, we have

GAD=180DAE=EBD=BEC=BAC=α \angle G A D=180^{\circ}-\angle D A E=\angle E B D=\angle B E C=\angle B A C=\alpha

where we have also used the fact that B\ell_{B} and C\ell_{C} are parallel.

Thus, the triangles ABCA B C and AGDA G D are similar. Analogously, AEFA E F is also similar to them.

Since ADA D is a common chord of ω\omega and ω1\omega_{1} then ADA D is perpendicular to OO1O O_{1}. Thus,

OO1A=12DO1A=DGA=β \angle O O_{1} A=\frac{1}{2} \angle D O_{1} A=\angle D G A=\beta

Similarly, we have OO2A=γ\angle O O_{2} A=\gamma. Since O1,A,O2O_{1}, A, O_{2} are collinear (as in the first solution) we get that OO1O2O O_{1} O_{2} is also similar to ABCA B C. Their circumcentres are PP and OO respectively, thus POO1=OAB=90γ\angle P O O_{1}=\angle O A B=90^{\circ}-\gamma.

Since OO1O O_{1} is perpendicular to ADA D, letting XX be the point of intersection of OO1O O_{1} with GDG D, we get that DXO1=90γ\angle D X O_{1}=90^{\circ}-\gamma. Thus OPO P is parallel to B\ell_{B} and therefore to C\ell_{C} as well.

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