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Source: Iran second round 2016 problem 2 Day 1

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#1 h Apr 30, 2016, 12:22 PM • 3 Y

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Let $ABC$ be a triangle such that $\angle C=2\angle B$ and $\omega$ be its circumcircle. a tangent from $A$ to $\omega$ intersect $BC$ at $E$ . $\Omega$ is a circle passing throw $B$ that is tangent to $AC$ at $C$ . Let $\Omega\cap AB=F$ . $K$ is a point on $\Omega$ such that $EK$ is tangent to $\Omega$ ( $A,K$ aren't in one side of $BC$ ). Let $M$ be the midpoint of arc $BC$ of $\omega$ (not containing $A$ ). Prove that $AFMK$ is a cyclic quadrilateral.

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#2 h Apr 30, 2016, 1:29 PM • 4 Y

Y by Tawan, nguyendangkhoa17112003, Adventure10, Mango247

Hello.

My solution.

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The alternate chord theorem gives $\angle{ABC}=\angle{ACF}$ .Since $\angle{ABC}=\frac{1}{2}\angle{ACB}$ ,it follows that $CF$ bisects $\angle{ACB}$ .

Also, $\angle{FBC}=\angle{FCB}$ ,hence $F$ lies on the perpendicular bisector of $BC$ .Thus, $FM$ is the perpendicular bisector of $BC$ .

Let $D\equiv AM\cap BC$ .

We shall show that $F,D,K$ are collinear.Since $FB=FC$ and $F,B,C,K$ are concyclic, $KF$ bisects $\angle{BKC}$ .

Also $AD$ bisects $\angle{BAC}$ .Thus,due to the angle bisetor theorem,it suffices to show that $\frac{KC}{KB}=\frac{AC}{AB}$ .

We have $\triangle{ACE}\simeq \triangle{ABE}\Rightarrow \frac{AE}{BE}=\frac{CE}{AE}=\frac{AC}{AB}\Rightarrow \frac{CE}{BE}=\frac{AC^2}{AB^2}$ .

Similarly, $\frac{CE}{BE}=\frac{KC^2}{KB^2}$ ,whence it follows that $\frac{AC}{AB}=\frac{KC}{KB}$ ,q.e.d.

Now,we have $\angle{DMC}=\angle{AMC}=\angle{ABC}=\angle{FBC}=\angle{FKC}=\angle{DKC}$ ,thus $CDMK$ is cyclic.

It follows that $\angle{FKM}=\angle{DKM}=\angle{DCM}=\angle{BCM}=\angle{BAM}=\angle{FAM}$ and we are done!

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#3 h Apr 30, 2016, 1:40 PM • 1 Y

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It's easy to see that $\overline{CF}$ bisects $\angle ACB$ and $\triangle CFB$ is isosceles, hence $KF$ bisects $\angle CKB.$ Consequently we get $\triangle AEB$ and $\triangle ACE$ are isosceles. Let $X$ denote the intersection of $\overline{AM}$ and $\overline{BC},$ it suffices to prove that $X$ lies on $\overline{FK}\iff \frac{AC}{AB}=\frac{KC}{KB}.$ Notice that
$\frac{KC}{KB}=\frac{\sin{\angle CFK}}{\sin{\angle BCK}}=\frac{\sin{\angle CKE}}{\sin{\angle ECK}}=\frac{EC}{EK}=\frac{AC}{AE}=\frac{AC}{AB}.$ Hence we conclude that $A,F,M,K$ are concyclic. $\square$
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#4 h Apr 30, 2016, 3:05 PM • 2 Y

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Take $AM\cap BC=G$ , Observe that $EA^2=EB\cdot EC=EK^2=EG^2$ , so $K$ also lie on the Appolonous circle passing through $A$ with foci $BC$ . Thus $KG$ is angle bisector of $\angle BGC$ . Clearly from the angle condition $\angle ACF=\angle FBC$ , so $\angle FCB=\angle FBC$ because $2\angle B=\angle C$ , so $FC=FB$ . Then $K, G, F$ are colinear, then $AG\cdot GM=BG\cdot GC=KG\cdot GF$ , so $AKMF$ is cyclic.
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#5 h May 1, 2016, 11:05 AM • 2 Y

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My solution is the same as gavrilo's except a different end. Suppose that the circumcircle of triangle $AFK$ cuts that of triangle for second time $ABC$ in $M'$ . Since the radical axes of these 3 (and the circumcircle of $BFC$ ) concur, $AM'$ passes through the intersection of $FK$ and $BC$ . But we have shown that $MA$ passes through this point so $A,M,M'$ are collinear which means that (since both $M$ and $M'$ are on the circumcircle of $ABC$ ) $M\equiv M'$ and the conclusion follows.

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#6 h May 3, 2016, 3:24 AM • 3 Y

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It suffices to show that $AM, BC, FK$ concur, and the rest is PoP.
Now let $AM \cap BC = X$ . It suffices to show that $KX$ is a bisector of $\angle CKB$ .
Therefore, it suffices to show that $\frac{AC}{AB} = \frac{CX}{CB} = \frac{CK}{KB}$ , or just $\frac{AC}{AB} = \frac{CK}{KB}$ .
Since $EA^2 = EK^2 = EC \cdot EB$ by PoP, we have $ACKB$ is a harmonic quadrilateral, so we are done. $\blacksquare$

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#7 h May 15, 2018, 12:28 PM • 2 Y

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Nice problem!
We will show that $AM, FK$ intersect on $BC$ at $D$ , where $D=AM \cap BC$ . Then $DF \cdot DK \overset{\Omega}{=} DB \cdot DC \overset{\omega}{=} DM \cdot DA$ , which would imply that $AFMK$ is cyclic.

Firstly, since $AC$ is tangent to $\Omega$ , hence $\angle ACF=\angle CBF=\angle B$ and since $\angle C=2\angle B$ , we obtain that $F$ is the midpoint of arc $BC$ not containing $K$ in circle $\Omega$ .
It thus suffices to show that $KD$ bisects $\angle BKC$ , which is equivalent to showing $\frac{KB}{KC}=\frac{BD}{DC}=\frac{AB}{AC}$ .
To see this, note that $\triangle EKB \sim \triangle ECK \implies \frac{KB}{KC}=\frac{EB}{EK}$ .
Also, $\triangle EBA \sim \triangle EAC \implies \frac{AB}{AC}=\frac{EB}{EA}$ .

Hence, it suffices to show $EK=EA$ , but this follows as $EA^2 \overset{\omega}{=} EC \cdot EB \overset{\Omega}{=} EK^2$ , proving the result. $\blacksquare$

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#8 h May 17, 2018, 11:48 PM • 3 Y

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Let $D=\overline{AM}\cap\overline{BC}$ and $D'=\overline{KF}\cap\overline{BC}$ . By radical axes, it suffices to show that $D=D'$ .
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Since $\overline{AM}$ is, by fact 5, the bisector of $\angle A$ , we must have that that $\angle DAE=\angle ADE$ ; thus, $AE=DE$ . Furthermore, it's not difficult to see that
$\angle FCB=\frac{\angle C}{2}=\angle B,$ so $BF=CF$ and $\overline{KF}$ is the bisector of $\angle BKC$ , from which it follows that $KE=KD'$ using similar logic to above. Finally, $E$ lying on the radical axis of $(ABC)$ and $(FBC)$ tells us that $AE=KE$ , so $ED=ED'$ and we're done.

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#9 h Sep 29, 2019, 7:34 PM • 2 Y

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Iran Round 2 2016 P2 wrote:

Let $ABC$ be a triangle such that $\angle C=2\angle B$ and $\omega$ be its circumcircle. a tangent from $A$ to $\omega$ intersect $BC$ at $E$ . $\Omega$ is a circle passing throw $B$ that is tangent to $AC$ at $C$ . Let $\Omega\cap AB=F$ . $K$ is a point on $\Omega$ such that $EK$ is tangent to $\Omega$ ( $A,K$ aren't in one side of $BC$ ). Let $M$ be the midpoint of arc $BC$ of $\omega$ (not containing $A$ ). Prove that $AFMK$ is a cyclic quadrilateral.

Solution: Let $M_{AB}$ be midpoint of arc $AB$ not containing $C$ . Then, $CM_{AB}||AE$ $\implies$ $\angle ACF=\angle ABC=\angle EAC$ $=$ $\angle ACM_{AB}$ $\implies$ $F$ $\in$ $CM_{AB}$ . Clearly, $FM \perp BC$ . Note: $\Delta EAK$ & $\Delta ECA$ are isosceles. Let $AM$ $\cap$ $BC$ $=$ $D$
$\frac{AC}{AB}=\frac{EC}{CM_{AB}}=\frac{EC}{EA}=\frac{EC}{EK}=\frac{CK}{BK} \implies D \in FK$ So, we're done by POP/Radical Axes $\qquad \blacksquare$

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Let AM meet BC at S.
Claim1 : K,S,F are collinear.
Proof: First Note that ∠FCA = ∠FBC and ∠ACB = 2∠FBC so F is midpoint of arc BC in $\Omega$ .
Let KF meet BC at S'. KF is angle bisector of ∠CKB so CS'/S'B = KC/KB = EK/EB = EA/EB = AC/AB = CS/SB so S is S'.

Claim2 : CSMK is cyclic.
Proof: ∠SKC = ∠FKC = ∠FBC = ∠ABC = ∠AMC = ∠SMC.

Now we have ∠MKF = ∠MKS = ∠MCS = ∠MCB = ∠MAB = ∠MAF so AFMK is cyclic.
we're Done.

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#11 h Feb 8, 2024, 5:19 PM • 1 Y

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$\angle ACF= \angle FCB = \angle FBC$ . So, F is CF is angle bisector of $\angle ACB$ . Let $\ \angle ABC=x$ .
Let circumcircle of $\Omega$ be O. As MF is the perpendicular bisector of CB, O must lie on this line as well. $BC \cap FM= T$ , $\angle ETO= \angle EKO=90$ , so $ETOK$ is cyclic. $\angle COF= 2* \angle CBF=2x$ , $\angle KCO=a$ . So, $\angle KOT=180-2a+2x \implies \angle KET=2a-2x$ .
We know that $\angle CEA=x$ . By power of point we get $AE^2=EC*EB=EK^2 \implies AE=KE$ . Hence, $\angle EKA=EAK=90-a+\frac{x}{2}$ . $\angle CBK=\frac{\angle COK}{2}=90-a$ . Hence, $\angle CKA=\frac{x}{2}$
$AM \cap BC=L$ . $\angle ESA= \angle EAS=90-\frac{x}{2}$ , so $EA=ES=EK$ . Additionally, as $\angle ACK=90+a$ , $\angle CAK=90-a-\frac{x}{2} \implies \angle KAI=a-x= \frac{ \angle KEI}{2}$ .So, E is the center of $(AIK)$ .
Hence, $\angle CKL= \frac{\angle AEL}{2}=\frac{x}{2} \implies \angle CKL=x= \angle CBF$ . By this result, we get $K, L, F$ are collinear.
$\angle AMF=\angle MFB- \angle MAF=\frac{x}{2} \implies \angle AMF=\angle AKF \implies AKFM$ is cyclic.

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Let $L$ be the intersection of $(AFM)$ and $(CFB)$ . We will show that $EL$ is tangent to $(CFBL)$ .
Take $\sqrt{bc}$ inversion. $AE^*CB$ is an isosceles trapezoid. $AM^*$ is the angle bisector of $\angle BAC$ where $M^*$ lies on $BC$ . $F^*$ is on $AB$ such that $\angle BF^*C=\angle E^*AC$ and $L^*$ is the intersection of $F^*M^*$ with $(F^*BC)$ . We want to prove that $(E^*AL^*)$ and $(BL^*CF^*)$ are tangent to each other. Note that $M^*$ is the incenter of $ACF^*$ hence $\angle L^*BC=\angle M^*F^*C=\angle BF^*M^*=\angle BCL^*$ which yields $L^*B=L^*C$ .
$\angle E^*AL^*+\angle L^*F^*C=\angle E^*AL^*+\frac{\angle C}{2}=\angle CAL^*+\frac{3\angle C}{2}=180-\angle AL^*C+\angle C=180-\angle BL^*E+\angle C=\angle E^*L^*C$ As desired. $\blacksquare$

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