Maths Olympiad Prep

Track / Stage 6 / 81 of 400 #1081 of 1964

Problem 1081

National olympiad, first round
Geometry Difficulty 6.1 Find the answer

11. (20 points) Given the parabola P:y2=xP: y^{2}=x, with two moving points A,BA, B on it, the tangents at AA and BB intersect at point CC. Let the circumcenter of ABC\triangle A B C be DD. Is the circumcircle of ABD\triangle A B D (except for degenerate cases) always passing through a fixed point? If so, find the fixed point; if not, provide a counterexample.

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11. (20 points) Given the parabola P:y2=xP: y^{2}=x, with two moving points A,BA, B on it, the tangents at AA and BB intersect at point CC. Let the circumcenter of ABC\triangle A B C be DD. Is the circumcircle of ABD\triangle A B D (except for degenerate cases) always passing through a fixed point? If so, find the fixed point; if not, provide a counterexample.

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Official solution

Answer: Through the fixed point F(14,0)F\left(\frac{1}{4}, 0\right), i.e., the focus of PP
Difficulty: Challenging
Assessment: Parabola, angle calculation, circumcircle and circumcenter
Analysis: Let the coordinates of A,BA, B be (y12,y1),(y22,y2)\left(y_{1}^{2}, y_{1}\right),\left(y_{2}^{2}, y_{2}\right), then AC:yνy=y12+x2,BC:y2y=y22+x2A C: y_{\nu} y=\frac{y_{1}^{2}+x}{2}, B C: y_{2} y=\frac{y_{2}^{2}+x}{2} C(y1y2,y1+y22),kAC=12y1,kBC=12y2,(5\Rightarrow C\left(y_{1} y_{2}, \frac{y_{1}+y_{2}}{2}\right), k_{A C}=\frac{1}{2 y_{1}}, k_{B C}=\frac{1}{2 y_{2}},(5 points ))
Also, kFC=y1+y22y1y214,kFB=y2y2214k_{F C}=\frac{\frac{y_{1}+y_{2}}{2}}{y_{1} y_{2}-\frac{1}{4}}, k_{F B}=\frac{y_{2}}{y_{2}^{2}-\frac{1}{4}},
then tanFBC=kBCkFC1+kBCkFC=12y2,tanFCA=kACkFC1+kACkFC=12y2\tan \measuredangle F B C=\frac{k_{B C}-k_{F C}}{1+k_{B C} k_{F C}}=-\frac{1}{2 y_{2}}, \tan \measuredangle F C A=\frac{k_{A C}-k_{F C}}{1+k_{A C} k_{F C}}=-\frac{1}{2 y_{2}}
FBC=FCA\Rightarrow \angle F B C=\angle F C A, similarly FAC=FCB\angle F A C=\angle F C B (15 points)
Thus, AFB=CBF+ACB+FAC=ACF+ACB+FCB=2ACB=ADB\angle A F B=\measuredangle C B F+\measuredangle A C B+\measuredangle F A C=\measuredangle A C F+\angle A C B+\measuredangle F C B=2 \angle A C B=\angle A D B indicating that the circumcircle of ABD\triangle A B D always passes through the fixed point F(14,0)F\left(\frac{1}{4}, 0\right) (20 points)

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