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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
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N Apr 5, 2023 by v_Enhance
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Sep 9, 2019
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k i Zero tolerance
ZetaX   49
N May 4, 2019 by NoDealsHere
Source: Use your common sense! (enough is enough)
Some users don't want to learn, some other simply ignore advises.
But please follow the following guideline:


To make it short: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!
If you don't have common sense, don't post.


More specifically:

For new threads:


a) Good, meaningful title:
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If that title occured already, it's definitely bad. And contest names aren't good either.
That's in fact a requirement for being able to search old problems.

Examples:
Bad titles:
- "Hard"/"Medium"/"Easy" (if you find it so cool how hard/easy it is, tell it in the post and use a title that tells us the problem)
- "Number Theory" (hey guy, guess why this forum's named that way¿ and is it the only such problem on earth¿)
- "Fibonacci" (there are millions of Fibonacci problems out there, all posted and named the same...)
- "Chinese TST 2003" (does this say anything about the problem¿)
Good titles:
- "On divisors of a³+2b³+4c³-6abc"
- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


b) Use search function:
Before posting a "new" problem spend at least two, better five, minutes to look if this problem was posted before. If it was, don't repost it. If you have anything important to say on topic, post it in one of the older threads.
If the thread is locked cause of this, use search function.

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[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
so that any post containing both strings "first word" and "second form".


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Some recent really bad post was:
[quote]$lim_{n\to 1}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{n}-lnn$[/quote]
It contains no question and no answer.
If you do this, too, you are on the best way to get your thread deleted. Write everything clearly, define where your variables come from (and define the "natural" numbers if used). Additionally read your post at least twice before submitting. After you sent it, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.


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ZetaX
Feb 27, 2007
NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
Woaah a lot of external tangents
egxa   2
N 10 minutes ago by soryn
Source: All Russian 2025 11.7
A quadrilateral \( ABCD \) with no parallel sides is inscribed in a circle \( \Omega \). Circles \( \omega_a, \omega_b, \omega_c, \omega_d \) are inscribed in triangles \( DAB, ABC, BCD, CDA \), respectively. Common external tangents are drawn between \( \omega_a \) and \( \omega_b \), \( \omega_b \) and \( \omega_c \), \( \omega_c \) and \( \omega_d \), and \( \omega_d \) and \( \omega_a \), not containing any sides of quadrilateral \( ABCD \). A quadrilateral whose consecutive sides lie on these four lines is inscribed in a circle \( \Gamma \). Prove that the lines joining the centers of \( \omega_a \) and \( \omega_c \), \( \omega_b \) and \( \omega_d \), and the centers of \( \Omega \) and \( \Gamma \) all intersect at one point.
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egxa
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soryn
10 minutes ago
Some nice summations
amitwa.exe   31
N 13 minutes ago by soryn
Problem 1: $\Omega=\left(\sum_{0\le i\le j\le k}^{\infty} \frac{1}{3^i\cdot4^j\cdot5^k}\right)\left(\mathop{{\sum_{i=0}^{\infty}\sum_{j=0}^{\infty}\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}}}_{i\neq j\neq k}\frac{1}{3^i\cdot3^j\cdot3^k}\right)=?$
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soryn
13 minutes ago
Interesting inequalities
sqing   0
31 minutes ago
Source: Own
Let $ a,b,c\geq 0 ,b+c-ca=1 $ and $ c+a-ab=3.$ Prove that
$$a+\frac{19}{10}b-bc\leq 2-\sqrt 2$$$$a+\frac{17}{10}b+c-bc\leq  3$$$$ a^2+\frac{9}{5}b-bc\leq 6-4\sqrt 2$$$$ a^2+\frac{8}{5}b^2-bc\leq 6-4\sqrt 2$$$$a+1.974873b-bc\leq 2-\sqrt 2$$$$a+1.775917b+c-bc\leq  3$$

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sqing
31 minutes ago
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Two permutations
Nima Ahmadi Pour   12
N an hour ago by Zhaom
Source: Iran prepration exam
Suppose that $ a_1$, $ a_2$, $ \ldots$, $ a_n$ are integers such that $ n\mid a_1 + a_2 + \ldots + a_n$.
Prove that there exist two permutations $ \left(b_1,b_2,\ldots,b_n\right)$ and $ \left(c_1,c_2,\ldots,c_n\right)$ of $ \left(1,2,\ldots,n\right)$ such that for each integer $ i$ with $ 1\leq i\leq n$, we have
\[ n\mid a_i - b_i - c_i
\]

Proposed by Ricky Liu & Zuming Feng, USA
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Nima Ahmadi Pour
Apr 24, 2006
Zhaom
an hour ago
Easy Number Theory
math_comb01   37
N an hour ago by John_Mgr
Source: INMO 2024/3
Let $p$ be an odd prime and $a,b,c$ be integers so that the integers $$a^{2023}+b^{2023},\quad b^{2024}+c^{2024},\quad a^{2025}+c^{2025}$$are divisible by $p$.
Prove that $p$ divides each of $a,b,c$.
$\quad$
Proposed by Navilarekallu Tejaswi
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ALGEBRA INEQUALITY
Tony_stark0094   3
N an hour ago by sqing
$a,b,c > 0$ Prove that $$\frac{a^2+bc}{b+c} + \frac{b^2+ac}{a+c} + \frac {c^2 + ab}{a+b} \geq a+b+c$$
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sqing
an hour ago
Inspired by hlminh
sqing   3
N an hour ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b,c $ be real numbers such that $ a^2+b^2+c^2=1. $ Prove that $$ |a-kb|+|b-kc|+|c-ka|\leq \sqrt{3k^2+2k+3}$$Where $ k\geq 0 . $
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sqing
Yesterday at 4:43 AM
sqing
an hour ago
A Familiar Point
v4913   51
N an hour ago by xeroxia
Source: EGMO 2023/6
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with circumcircle $\Omega$. Let $S_b$ and $S_c$ respectively denote the midpoints of the arcs $AC$ and $AB$ that do not contain the third vertex. Let $N_a$ denote the midpoint of arc $BAC$ (the arc $BC$ including $A$). Let $I$ be the incenter of $ABC$. Let $\omega_b$ be the circle that is tangent to $AB$ and internally tangent to $\Omega$ at $S_b$, and let $\omega_c$ be the circle that is tangent to $AC$ and internally tangent to $\Omega$ at $S_c$. Show that the line $IN_a$, and the lines through the intersections of $\omega_b$ and $\omega_c$, meet on $\Omega$.
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v4913
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xeroxia
an hour ago
Apple sharing in Iran
mojyla222   3
N 2 hours ago by math-helli
Source: Iran 2025 second round p6
Ali is hosting a large party. Together with his $n-1$ friends, $n$ people are seated around a circular table in a fixed order. Ali places $n$ apples for serving directly in front of himself and wants to distribute them among everyone. Since Ali and his friends dislike eating alone and won't start unless everyone receives an apple at the same time, in each step, each person who has at least one apple passes one apple to the first person to their right who doesn't have an apple (in the clockwise direction).

Find all values of $n$ such that after some number of steps, the situation reaches a point where each person has exactly one apple.
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mojyla222
Apr 20, 2025
math-helli
2 hours ago
Iran second round 2025-q1
mohsen   5
N 2 hours ago by math-helli
Find all positive integers n>2 such that sum of n and any of its prime divisors is a perfect square.
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mohsen
Apr 19, 2025
math-helli
2 hours ago
Iran Team Selection Test 2016
MRF2017   9
N 2 hours ago by SimplisticFormulas
Source: TST3,day1,P2
Let $ABC$ be an arbitrary triangle and $O$ is the circumcenter of $\triangle {ABC}$.Points $X,Y$ lie on $AB,AC$,respectively such that the reflection of $BC$ WRT $XY$ is tangent to circumcircle of $\triangle {AXY}$.Prove that the circumcircle of triangle $AXY$ is tangent to circumcircle of triangle $BOC$.
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MRF2017
Jul 15, 2016
SimplisticFormulas
2 hours ago
Combo problem
soryn   3
N 4 hours ago by soryn
The school A has m1 boys and m2 girls, and ,the school B has n1 boys and n2 girls. Each school is represented by one team formed by p students,boys and girls. If f(k) is the number of cases for which,the twice schools has,togheter k girls, fund f(k) and the valute of k, for which f(k) is maximum.
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soryn
Yesterday at 6:33 AM
soryn
4 hours ago
Looking for the smallest ghost
Justpassingby   5
N 4 hours ago by venhancefan777
Source: 2021 Mexico Center Zone Regional Olympiad, problem 1
Let $p$ be an odd prime number. Let $S=a_1,a_2,\dots$ be the sequence defined as follows: $a_1=1,a_2=2,\dots,a_{p-1}=p-1$, and for $n\ge p$, $a_n$ is the smallest integer greater than $a_{n-1}$ such that in $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n$ there are no arithmetic progressions of length $p$. We say that a positive integer is a ghost if it doesn’t appear in $S$.
What is the smallest ghost that is not a multiple of $p$?

Proposed by Guerrero
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Justpassingby
Jan 17, 2022
venhancefan777
4 hours ago
non-symmetric ineq (for girls)
easternlatincup   36
N 4 hours ago by Tony_stark0094
Source: Chinese Girl's MO 2007
For $ a,b,c\geq 0$ with $ a+b+c=1$, prove that

$ \sqrt{a+\frac{(b-c)^2}{4}}+\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c}\leq \sqrt{3}$
36 replies
easternlatincup
Dec 30, 2007
Tony_stark0094
4 hours ago
Point on hypotenuse making the two inradii equal
YESMAths   17
N Feb 5, 2022 by NTistrulove
Source: INMO 2016 Problem 5
Let $ABC$ be a right-angle triangle with $\angle B=90^{\circ}$. Let $D$ be a point on $AC$ such that the inradii of the triangles $ABD$ and $CBD$ are equal. If this common value is $r^{\prime}$ and if $r$ is the inradius of triangle $ABC$, prove that
\[ \cfrac{1}{r'}=\cfrac{1}{r}+\cfrac{1}{BD}. \]
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YESMAths
Jan 17, 2016
NTistrulove
Feb 5, 2022
Point on hypotenuse making the two inradii equal
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Let $ABC$ be a right-angle triangle with $\angle B=90^{\circ}$. Let $D$ be a point on $AC$ such that the inradii of the triangles $ABD$ and $CBD$ are equal. If this common value is $r^{\prime}$ and if $r$ is the inradius of triangle $ABC$, prove that
\[ \cfrac{1}{r'}=\cfrac{1}{r}+\cfrac{1}{BD}. \]
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We use standard notation $BC=a,$ $CA=b,$ $AB=c$ and $s=\tfrac{1}{2}(a+b+c).$ Thus letting $I_1$ and $I_2$ be the incenters of $\triangle ABD$ and $\triangle CBD,$ we get:

$[ABC]=[BI_1D]+[BI_2D]+[ABI_1]+[CBI_2]+[AI_1D]+[CI_2D]=$

$=r' \cdot BD+\tfrac{1}{2}r' \cdot (a+b+c)=r' \cdot (BD+s) \Longrightarrow$

$BD=\frac{[ABC]}{r'}-s=\frac{[ABC]}{r'}-\frac{[ABC]}{r}=[ABC] \cdot \left (\frac{1}{r'}-\frac{1}{r} \right) \ (\star).$

But from Cono Sur 1994 (P6), we have $[ABC]=BD^2.$ Thus combining with $(\star)$ gives

$BD=BD^2 \cdot \left (\frac{1}{r'}-\frac{1}{r} \right) \Longrightarrow \ \frac{1}{r'}=\frac{1}{r}+\frac{1}{BD}.$
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Thanks Luis Gonzalez, almost everyone were stuck with the Cono Sur problem lemma... :P
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Generalization: $D$ is a point on the side $\overline{BC}$ of $\triangle ABC,$ such that the inradii of $\triangle ABD$ and $\triangle ACD$ are equal to $\varrho.$ If $r$ is the inradius of $\triangle ABC,$ then we have the relation:
\[ \frac{1}{\varrho}=\frac{1}{r}+\cot \frac{A}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{AD}\]
As before, we have $[ABC]=r \cdot s=\varrho \cdot (AD+s) \ (\star)$ $\Longrightarrow \tfrac{2\varrho}{h_a}=\tfrac{a}{s+AD}.$ But from the infamous inradii problem, we have $1-\tfrac{a}{s}=\left (1-\tfrac{2\varrho}{h_a} \right)^2 \Longrightarrow$

$\frac{s-a}{s}=\left (1-\frac{a}{s+AD} \right)^2 \Longrightarrow AD= \frac{a \sqrt{s}}{\sqrt{s}-\sqrt{s-a}}-s=\sqrt{s(s-a)}=\sqrt{[ABC] \cot \frac{A}{2}}.$

Combining this latter relation with $(\star)$ yields

$\frac{1}{\varrho}-\frac{1}{r}=\frac{AD}{[ABC]}=\frac{AD}{AD^2} \cdot \cot \frac{A}{2}=\cot \frac{A}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{AD} \Longrightarrow \frac{1}{\varrho}=\frac{1}{r}+\cot \frac{A}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{AD}.$
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Here is my solution using some length chasing sort of arguments. This is quite hard for an average INMO problem but nevertheless, it can be done in an hour at the most at the contest.

Let $AB=1$ and $BC=x$. Let $D$ be the point on $AC$ and let $\frac{AD}{DC}=k$. Let $[ABD]=\Delta_1$ and $[CBD]=\Delta_2$ and let $2s_1=AB+BD+DA$ and $2s_2=CB+BD+DC$.

Now, we know that $\frac{r_1}{r_2}=1=\frac{\Delta_1(2s_2)}{\Delta_2(2s_1)}=\frac{AD}{DC}\frac{x+BD+DC}{1+BD+DA}$ which is equivalent to

\begin{align*} \frac{AD}{DC}=k=\frac{1+BD}{x+BD} \end{align*}
Now, this give that $BD=\frac{kx-1}{1-k}$

However, by Stewart's theorem $AC.BD^2=CD.AB^2+AD.BC^2$ and so computing this gives that $k=\frac{x+3}{3x+1}$. and similarly we get that $BD=\frac{(x+1)}{2}$.

Now, $r=\frac{x+1-\sqrt{x^2+1}}{2}$ and that $r'=\frac{\Delta_1}{s_1}$.

Now, $[ABC]=\frac{x}{2}$ and so we have that $\Delta_1(1+k)=[ABC]$ and so $\Delta_1=\frac{x(x+3)}{8(x+1)}$.

Also, we know that $AD(1+k)=AC=\sqrt{x^2+1}$ and so $2AD=\frac{(x+3)\sqrt{x^2+1}}{2(x+1)}$ and hence, we have that

\begin{align*} r_1=r'=\frac{\frac{x(x+3)}{8(x+1)}}{\frac{1+\frac{x+1}{2}+AD}{2}}=\frac{2x(x+1)}{(x+1)^2+2x+(x+1)\sqrt{x^2+1}} \end{align*}
Now, we have that $\frac{1}{r}+\frac{1}{BD}=\frac{2}{x+1}+\frac{x}{x+1-\sqrt{x^2+1}}=\frac{2x(x+1)}{(x+1)^2+2x+(x+1)\sqrt{x^2+1}}$.

This completes the proof $\blacksquare$
(This was just a sketch of what the expressions come out to be and is done by hand. It's not really hard to do all the intermediate steps, just that one needs a bit of computational fortitude)
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anantmudgal09 wrote:
... just that one needs a bit of computational fortitude
Unfortunatley, I don't have it. But anyway, I mentioned Stewart's theorem, and wrote down $r' = \frac{\triangle _1}{s_1} = \frac{\triangle _2}{s_2} = \frac{\triangle_1 + \triangle_2}{s_1 + s_2} = \frac{\triangle}{s + BD}$ and thus it is enough to prove $\triangle = BD^2$ (as$ \frac{1}{r} = \frac{s}{\triangle}$). And I fooled around a bit more with this, to add up to about 2 pages in total. How much, according to you, should that fetch me?
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anantmudgal09 wrote:
AdithyaBhaskar wrote:
anantmudgal09 wrote:
... just that one needs a bit of computational fortitude
Unfortunatley, I don't have it. But anyway, I mentioned Stewart's theorem, and wrote down $r' = \frac{\triangle _1}{s_1} = \frac{\triangle _2}{s_2} = \frac{\triangle_1 + \triangle_2}{s_1 + s_2} = \frac{\triangle}{s + BD}$ and thus it is enough to prove $\triangle = BD^2$ (as$ \frac{1}{r} = \frac{s}{\triangle}$). And I fooled around a bit more with this, to add up to about 2 pages in total. How much, according to you, should that fetch me?

I don't really think that saying: "To proving $X$ it shall suffice to proving $Y$" and then not proving $Y$ is worth anything reasonable, at least not at INMO and certainly not at TST, not sure for RMO.

Hey just observed: The result that I 'had to prove' is nothing but Cono Sur 1994/6 :wallbash_red:
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I think i finally have a 'not so bash ' sol to this problem :P
Denote $AD=x,CD=y,BD=z$
Indeed,it suffices to show $z^2=ac/2$
Drop perps from $D$ on $AB,BC$ and use pyth to get $$z^2=(\dfrac{yc}{b})^2+(\dfrac{xa}{b})^2$$,that is,
$$z^2=\dfrac{y^2c^2+x^2a^2}{x^2+y^2+2xy}$$.
Now compare areas of $ABD,BDC$ by using formula $\Delta=rs$ and ratios of areas of triangle with same height.We get
$$\dfrac{x}{y}=\dfrac{z+c+x}{z+a+y}=\dfrac{z+c}{z+a}$$.
So
$$z^2=\dfrac{(yc-xa)^2}{(x-y)^2}=\dfrac{y^2c^2+x^2a^2-2xayc}{x^2+y^2-2xy}$$Now compare this two equations for $z^2$, we get by componendo(or whatever you call that}$$z^2=2xayc/4xy=ac/2$$And done :)
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aditya21
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though this question is less bashy than INMO 2015 P5, still ....

my solution sketch =

we easily get by $[ABC]=rs$ where $r$ is inradii.

we get $\frac{1}{r'}=\frac{s+BD}{[ABC]}$ where $s$ is semi-perimeter of triangle $ABC$

and hence $\frac{1}{r'}=\cfrac{1}{r}+\cfrac{1}{BD}$ is equivalent to prove that

$[ABC]=BD^2$

now since triangles $ABD,BCD$ have same inradii. than again using $[ABC]=rs$

we get $\frac{AB+BD}{AD}=\frac{BD+BC}{CD}$

which can than be bashed :P to get $2BD^2=AB.AC=2[ABC]$ as desired.

so we are done.
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'To bash or not to bash,that is the question' describes the geos of 2016 Inmo :rotfl:
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Exactly @ above. Infact, on the overall the paper was so bashy, in the first 2 hours i got only 0.5 problems (:P) since i was thinking up creative ideas for the others. However, in the last 2 hours reality struck and thankfully i was able to solve enough problems to pass(hopefully)...
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Amusingly, it seems that something related to this was given in An Indian Practice test
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anantmudgal09 wrote:
Here is my solution using some length chasing sort of arguments. This is quite hard for an average INMO problem but nevertheless, it can be done in an hour at the most at the contest.

Let $AB=1$ and $BC=x$. Let $D$ be the point on $AC$ and let $\frac{AD}{DC}=k$. Let $[ABD]=\Delta_1$ and $[CBD]=\Delta_2$ and let $2s_1=AB+BD+DA$ and $2s_2=CB+BD+DC$.

Now, we know that $\frac{r_1}{r_2}=1=\frac{\Delta_1(2s_2)}{\Delta_2(2s_1)}=\frac{AD}{DC}\frac{x+BD+DC}{1+BD+DA}$ which is equivalent to

\begin{align*} \frac{AD}{DC}=k=\frac{1+BD}{x+BD} \end{align*}
Now, this give that $BD=\frac{kx-1}{1-k}$

However, by Stewart's theorem $AC.BD^2=CD.AB^2+AD.BC^2$ and so computing this gives that $k=\frac{x+3}{3x+1}$. and similarly we get that $BD=\frac{(x+1)}{2}$.

Now, $r=\frac{x+1-\sqrt{x^2+1}}{2}$ and that $r'=\frac{\Delta_1}{s_1}$.

Now, $[ABC]=\frac{x}{2}$ and so we have that $\Delta_1(1+k)=[ABC]$ and so $\Delta_1=\frac{x(x+3)}{8(x+1)}$.

Also, we know that $AD(1+k)=AC=\sqrt{x^2+1}$ and so $2AD=\frac{(x+3)\sqrt{x^2+1}}{2(x+1)}$ and hence, we have that

\begin{align*} r_1=r'=\frac{\frac{x(x+3)}{8(x+1)}}{\frac{1+\frac{x+1}{2}+AD}{2}}=\frac{2x(x+1)}{(x+1)^2+2x+(x+1)\sqrt{x^2+1}} \end{align*}
Now, we have that $\frac{1}{r}+\frac{1}{BD}=\frac{2}{x+1}+\frac{x}{x+1-\sqrt{x^2+1}}=\frac{2x(x+1)}{(x+1)^2+2x+(x+1)\sqrt{x^2+1}}$.

This completes the proof $\blacksquare$
(This was just a sketch of what the expressions come out to be and is done by hand. It's not really hard to do all the intermediate steps, just that one needs a bit of computational fortitude)

How can you assume AB =1
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themathfreak wrote:
How can you assume AB =1
Because we are dealing with ratios.
So if it is greater than (or less than) 1, the triangle would be just a scaled version of the assumed lengths (since $x$ can be anything!), and the similarity ratio would cancel out in the end, so it doesn't matter.
This assumption just eases our work :P
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http://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h1561314p9554167
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WizardMath
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My solution (from two years ago):

Claim 1 : Let $ABC$ be a triangle with inradius $r$, and the point $D$ on $BC$ such that inradii of $ABD, ACD$ have a common inradius $r'$. If $s$ is the semiperimeter of $ABC$ and $BC = a$, then $AD = \sqrt{s(s-a)}$
Proof : Suppose $AD = d$, and the semiperimeters of $ABD$ and $ACD$ are $s_1, s_2$. $AB=c, AC=b$. Then $s_1+s_2=s+d$.
Similar triangles and sum of areas yield $\frac{s+d}{s}=\frac{s_1+s_2}{s}= \frac{r}{r'}=\frac{s-b}{s_1-d}  = \frac{s-c}{s_2-d} = \frac{a}{s_1+s_2-2d} = \frac{a}{s-d}$, so the claim follows. $\blacksquare$

Claim 2 : Let the height from $A$ onto $BC$ be $h$. Then $\left( 1 - \frac{2r'}{h} \right)^2 = \left( 1 - \frac{2r}{h} \right)$.
Proof : We use a
Lemma : $\frac{2r}{h} = \tan \frac{B}{2} \tan \frac{C}{2}$.
Proof of lemma : $\tan \frac{B}{2} \tan \frac{C}{2} = \sqrt{\frac{(s-c)(s-a)}{s(s-b)}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{(s-b)(s-a)}{s(s-c)}} = \frac {s-a}{s}$. But this is the ratio of the lengths of the tangents from $A$ to the incircle and the excircle, so the ratio must equal the distance of $A$ from the "topmost" tangent of the incircle and $BC$, which equals $\frac{h-2r}{h}$. $\blacksquare$
Now applying this lemma to $ABD$, $ACD$, and multiplying the two relations together, along with an application of the lemma to $ABC$ yields Claim 2.

Now using this claim, we get $1-\frac{2r'}{h} = \sqrt{1-\frac{2r}{h}}= \sqrt{\frac{s-a}{s}} = \frac{AD}{s}$.

We come back to the main problem.
Note that $BD = \sqrt{s(s-b)} = \sqrt{\frac{ac}{2}}$.
$\frac{1}{r'} - \frac{1}{BD} = \frac{(2s+h)\cdot  BD - s h}{BD \cdot h \cdot (s-BD)} = \frac{2(ac+ab+b^2+bc) - \sqrt{2ac} \cdot (a+b+c)}{ac(a+b+c-\sqrt{2ac})} = \frac{2(ac+ab+b^2+bc) - \sqrt{2ac} \cdot (a+b+c)}{a^2b + ab^2 + abc + a^2c + ac^2 + bc^2 - ab^2 - b^3 -2ac\sqrt{ac/2})} = \frac{2(ac+ab+b^2+bc) - \sqrt{2ac} \cdot (a+b+c)}{(ab+ac+c^2-b^2)(a+b) - ((a+c)^2-b^2)\sqrt{ac/2})} = \frac{2(ac+ab+b^2+bc) - \sqrt{2ac} \cdot (a+b+c)}{(a+c-b)(a+b)(c+b) -(a+c-b)(a+b+c)\sqrt{ac/2})} = \frac{2}{a+c-b} = \frac{1}{r}$, wherein we have used $a^2 + c^2 = b^2$ and $h = \frac{ac}{b}$ and $r = s-b$. $\blacksquare$

Remark : This is essentially a brute force solution, but has an additional highlight of being able to find $BD$ generally, and also all the other lengths that are fruitful in this solution. Claim 2 can also be generalized, and for unequal radii $r_1, r_2$ instead of $r'$, we have $\left( 1 - \frac{2r_1}{h} \right) \cdot  \left( 1 - \frac{2r_2}{h} \right)= \left( 1 - \frac{2r}{h} \right)$.
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A year later, I tried this again, and successfully solved (bashed) this. I guess I have improved as a basher :D
YESMAths wrote:
Let $ABC$ be a right-angle triangle with $\angle B=90^{\circ}$. Let $D$ be a point on $AC$ such that the inradii of the triangles $ABD$ and $CBD$ are equal. If this common value is $r^{\prime}$ and if $r$ is the inradius of triangle $ABC$, prove that
\[ \cfrac{1}{r'}=\cfrac{1}{r}+\cfrac{1}{BD}. \]
Let $AD=x,$ and so $DC=b-x.$ Also, $AB=c, BC=a, BD=m.$ Then the condition gives
$$\frac{[ABD]}{[BDC]}=\frac{s_{ABD}}{s_{BDC}} \Leftrightarrow \frac{x}{b-x}=\frac{c+x+m}{a+b-x+m}$$This simplifies to
\begin{align*} 
x=\frac{b(c+m)}{a+c+2m} 
\end{align*}Now, $$r'=\frac{[ABD]}{s_{ABD}}=\frac{[BDC]}{s_{BDC}}=\frac{[ABD]+[BDC]}{s_{ABD}+s_{BDC}}=\frac{ac}{a+b+c+2m}$$Thus, it suffices to show
$$\frac{1}{r'}=\frac{1}{r}+\frac{1}{m} \Leftrightarrow \frac{a+b+c+2m}{ac}=\frac{a+b+c}{ac}+\frac{1}{m} \Leftrightarrow 2m^2=ac$$By Stewart's theorem
\begin{align*}
& a^2x+c^2(b-x)=bm^2+bx(b-x) \\
&\Leftrightarrow (a^2-c^2)x+c^2b=b^2x-bx^2+bm^2 \\
&\Leftrightarrow x(-2c^2+bx)=b(m^2-c^2) & (\text{as }a^2+c^2=b^2 )\\
\\
&\Leftrightarrow \frac{b(c+m)}{a+c+2m} \left( -2c^2+\frac{b^2(c+m)}{a+c+2m} \right)=b(m^2-c^2) \\
\\
&\Leftrightarrow -2c^2(a+c+2m)+b^2(c+m)=(m-c)(a+c+2m)^2
\end{align*}This is not much computation, and the end expression is really neat:
$$2m^3+2m^2a-mca-ca^2=0 \Leftrightarrow (2m^2-ac)(m+a)=0$$Hence, $2m^2=ac,$ as desired. $\square$
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We know that $r=\frac{\Delta}{s}$ where $\Delta$ denoting the area of triangle.


So we can say that,
\[r'=\frac{\Delta_{CBD}}{s_{CBD}}=\frac{\Delta_{ABD}}{s_{ABD}}=\frac{\Delta_{CBD}+\Delta_{ABD}=\Delta_{ABC}}{s_{CBD}+s_{ABD}}\]So we have
\[\frac{1}{r'}=\frac{s_{ABC}+BD}{\Delta_{ABC}}=\frac{1}{r}+\frac{BD}{\Delta_{ABC}}\]
Claim: $BD^2=\Delta_{ABC}= AB\cdot BC/2$
Took help from ALM_04 for this part

We have,
\[\frac{\Delta_{CBD}}{\Delta_{ABD}}=\frac{s_{CBD}}{s_{ABD}}=\frac{CD}{AD}\]Therefore,
\[\frac{s_{CBD}}{CD}=\frac{s_{ABD}}{AD}\]\[\frac{BC+BD}{CD}=\frac{AB+BD}{AD}\]After some intense bashing we will get the result $\square$

Therefore, we will have
\[\frac{1}{r'}=\frac{1}{r}+\frac{1}{BD}\]$\blacksquare$
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