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Geometry Difficulty 7.4 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it

The points PP and QQ are chosen on the side BCB C of an acute-angled triangle ABCA B C so that PAB=ACB\angle P A B=\angle A C B and QAC=CBA\angle Q A C=\angle C B A. The points MM and NN are taken on the rays APA P and AQA Q, respectively, so that AP=PMA P=P M and AQ=QNA Q=Q N. Prove that the lines BMB M and CNC N intersect on the circumcircle of the triangle ABCA B C. (Georgia)

Solution

Denote by S S the intersection point of the lines BM B M and CN C N . Let moreover β=QAC=CBA \beta = \angle Q A C = \angle C B A and γ=PAB=ACB \gamma = \angle P A B = \angle A C B . From these equalities it follows that the triangles ABP A B P and CAQ C A Q are similar (see Figure 1). Therefore we obtain
BPPM=BPPA=AQQC=NQQC \frac{B P}{P M} = \frac{B P}{P A} = \frac{A Q}{Q C} = \frac{N Q}{Q C}
Moreover,
BPM=β+γ=CQN \angle B P M = \beta + \gamma = \angle C Q N
Hence the triangles BPM B P M and NQC N Q C are similar. This gives BMP=NCQ \angle B M P = \angle N C Q , so the triangles BPM B P M and BSC B S C are also similar. Thus we get
CSB=BPM=β+γ=180BAC, \angle C S B = \angle B P M = \beta + \gamma = 180^{\circ} - \angle B A C,
which completes the solution. !
Figure 1
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