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Geometry Difficulty 7.1 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it

Let ABCABC be an isosceles triangle with AC=BCAC=BC. Let NN be a point inside the triangle such that 2ANB=180+ACB2 \angle ANB = 180 ^\circ + \angle ACB . Let D D be the intersection of the line BNBN and the line parallel to ANAN that passes through CC. Let PP be the intersection of the angle bisectors of the angles CANCAN and ABNABN. Show that the lines DPDP and ANAN are perpendicular.

Solution

1. Given that ABCABC is an isosceles triangle with AC=BCAC = BC, and NN is a point inside the triangle such that 2ANB=180+ACB2 \angle ANB = 180^\circ + \angle ACB. This implies:
ANB=90+12ACB \angle ANB = 90^\circ + \frac{1}{2} \angle ACB
This means that NN lies on the circle ω\omega passing through AA and BB and tangent to CACA and CBCB.

2. Let PP be the intersection of the angle bisectors of CAN\angle CAN and ABN\angle ABN. Since PP is the midpoint of the arc NANA of ω\omega, it lies on the perpendicular bisector of AN\overline{AN}.

3. Since DD is the intersection of the line BNBN and the line parallel to ANAN passing through CC, we have CDANCD \parallel AN. This implies:
CDB=AND=9012ACB \angle CDB = \angle AND = 90^\circ - \frac{1}{2} \angle ACB
Since CAB=CDB\angle CAB = \angle CDB, point DD lies on the circumcircle of ABC\triangle ABC.

4. Now, consider the angles ADN\angle ADN and ADB\angle ADB. Since DD lies on the circumcircle of ABC\triangle ABC, we have:
ADB=ACB \angle ADB = \angle ACB
Therefore:
ADN=ACB=9012DNA \angle ADN = \angle ACB = 90^\circ - \frac{1}{2} \angle DNA
This implies that DAN\triangle DAN is isosceles with AD=DNAD = DN.

5. Since DAN\triangle DAN is isosceles, DPDP is the perpendicular bisector of AN\overline{AN}. Hence, DPANDP \perp AN.

\blacksquare

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