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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
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N Apr 5, 2023 by v_Enhance
Want to help AoPS remain a valuable Olympiad resource? Help us add contests to AoPS's Contest Collections.

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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:
The title has to say what the problem is about in best way possible.
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.

Update (by Amir Hossein). The best way to search for two keywords in AoPS is to input
[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
so that any post containing both strings "first word" and "second form".


c) Good problem statement:
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.


For answers to already existing threads:


d) Of any interest and with content:
Don't post things that are more trivial than completely obvious. For example, if the question is to solve $x^{3}+y^{3}=z^{3}$, do not answer with "$x=y=z=0$ is a solution" only. Either you post any kind of proof or at least something unexpected (like "$x=1337, y=481, z=42$ is the smallest solution). Someone that does not see that $x=y=z=0$ is a solution of the above without your post is completely wrong here, this is an IMO-level forum.
Similar, posting "I have solved this problem" but not posting anything else is not welcome; it even looks that you just want to show off what a genius you are.

e) Well written and checked answers:
Like c) for new threads, check your solutions at least twice for mistakes. And after sending, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.



To repeat it: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!


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The above rules will be applied from next monday (5. march of 2007).
Feel free to discuss on this here.
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ZetaX
Feb 27, 2007
NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
a nice prob for number theory
Jackson0423   1
N 5 minutes ago by alexheinis
Source: number theory
Let \( n \) be a positive integer, and let its positive divisors be
\[
d_1 < d_2 < \cdots < d_k.
\]Define \( f(n) \) to be the number of ordered pairs \( (i, j) \) with \( 1 \le i, j \le k \) such that \( \gcd(d_i, d_j) = 1 \).

Find \( f(3431 \times 2999) \).

Also, find a general formula for \( f(n) \) when
\[
n = p_1^{e_1} p_2^{e_2} \cdots p_k^{e_k},
\]where the \( p_i \) are distinct primes and the \( e_i \) are positive integers.
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$$ \frac{PA^2 + PB^2 + PC^2}{2S} + \frac{4}{\sqrt{3}} \leq \frac{1}{\sin \alpha} + \frac{1}{\sin \beta} + \frac{1}{\sin \gamma}. $$When does equality hold?
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[*] Given three non-collinear marked points, draw the circle passing through them.
[*] Given two marked points, draw the circle with them as endpoints of a diameter.
[*] Mark any intersection points of two drawn circles or mark a new point on a drawn circle.
[/list]

Show that given two marked points, Euclid can draw a circle centered at one of them and passing through the other, using only the cyclos.

Proposed by Rohan Goyal, Anant Mudgal, and Daniel Hu
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Very easy NT
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Scalene triangle $ABC$ has circumcircle $\Gamma$ and incenter $I$. The incircle of triangle $ABC$ touches side $AB,AC$ at $D,E$ respectively. Circumcircle of triangle $BEI$ intersects $\Gamma$ again at $P$ distinct from $B$, circumcircle of triangle $CDI$ intersects $\Gamma$ again at $Q$ distinct from $C$. Prove that the $4$ points $D,E,P,Q$ are concyclic.
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angles in triangle
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Triangles with Equal Areas
v_Enhance   40
N Dec 19, 2024 by LeYohan
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Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with altitudes $AD$, $BE$, and $CF$, and let $O$ be the center of its circumcircle. Show that the segments $OA$, $OF$, $OB$, $OD$, $OC$, $OE$ dissect the triangle $ABC$ into three pairs of triangles that have equal areas.
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v_Enhance
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LeYohan
Dec 19, 2024
Triangles with Equal Areas
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Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with altitudes $AD$, $BE$, and $CF$, and let $O$ be the center of its circumcircle. Show that the segments $OA$, $OF$, $OB$, $OD$, $OC$, $OE$ dissect the triangle $ABC$ into three pairs of triangles that have equal areas.
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Where can I see the results?
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$ S_{OAF}=\frac{1}{2}.AF.AO.\sin (\angle OAF)=\frac{1}{2}.\cos( A ). AC . R.\sin ( \frac{\pi}{2}-\angle C)=\frac{R}{2}.b.\cos( \angle A).\cos (\angle C) $

by the same way we get : $S_{OBF}=\frac{R}{2}. a. \cos (C) . \cos (B) $
$S_{OBD}=\frac{R}{2}. c. \cos (A) . \cos (B) $
$S_{OCD}=\frac{R}{2}. b. \cos (A) . \cos (C) $
$S_{OCE}=\frac{R}{2}. a. \cos (C) . \cos (B) $
$S_{OEA}=\frac{R}{2}. c. \cos (A) . \cos (B) $

So: $S_{OAF}=S_{OCD}$, $S_{OBF}=S_{OCE}$ and $S_{OBD}=S_{OEA}$.
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if $M,N$ are midpoints of $AC$ and $AB$ then $OMAN$ is cyclic so $\angle ONM=\angle OAM=90-\angle CBA=\angle CAD=\angle HCB$($H$ is the orthocenter)
similarly $\angle HBC=\angle OMN$ so $OMN\sim HBC$ and $OM/ON=HB/HC=BF/CE$(since $HBF\sim HEC$) so $OM*CE/2=ON*BF/2$ and $S_{OEC}=S_{BFO}$ similarly we get the other equalities.
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omar31415 wrote:
Where can I see the results?
The problems were uploaded at this year's official APMO site. I don't see the results there yet.
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$S_{AOE}=S_{BOD}$ and $S_{BOF}=S_{COD}$ and $S_{AOF}=S_{COD}$.
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Looks like APMO#1's seem to have a love for Areas :roll: :

Let, $[X]$ denote the area of the region $X$.
Also, let $H$ be the orthocentre of $\bigtriangleup ABC$. Draw $OM\perp BC$ and $ON\perp AC$.
Then, $\frac{[BOD]}{[AOE]}=\frac{BD\cdot OM}{AE\cdot ON}=\frac{BD\cdot AH}{AE\cdot BH}.
(AH=2OM;BH=2ON)$
Now, $DHEC$ is cyclic. So,
$AD\cdot AH=AC\cdot AE\Rightarrow\frac{AH}{AE}=\frac{AC}{AD};BE\cdot BH=BC\cdot BD\Rightarrow\frac{BD}{BH}=\frac{BE}{BC}$.
Therefore,
$\frac{BD\cdot AH}{AE\cdot BH}=\frac{BD}{BH}\cdot \frac{AH}{AE}=\frac{AC\cdot BE}{AD\cdot BC}$.

Since, $\bigtriangleup ADC, \bigtriangleup BEC$ are similar,$\frac{AC}{BC}=\frac{AD}{BE}\Rightarrow\frac{AC\cdot BE}{AD\cdot BC}=1$.
So,
$\frac{[BOD]}{[AOE]}=\frac{AC\cdot BE}{AD\cdot BC}=1$.

Therefore,
$[BOD]=[AOE]$. Similarly, $[DOC]=[AOF]$, and, $[COE]=[BOF]$.
And, we're done! :lol:

My 1st post in AoPS..."Hello World".. :D
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note that , $\Delta AOF=\frac{RbcosAcosC}{2}$ and $\Delta ODC=\frac{RbcosCcosA}{2}$
similarly we can get 2 other pairs :D
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Sowmitra wrote:
$(AH=2OM;BH=2ON)$

How do you know this?
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Let $P$ be the second point of intersection of the line $OB$ and the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$,we obtain that quadrilateral $ABCP$ is a parallelogram and hence $AH=CP=2OM$.Similarly we have $BH=2ON$.
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Let $BC, CA, AB$ be $a, b, c$ and let $R$ be the circumradius. We will find the area of $OCD$ and the others will follow by symmetry. Notice that $DC = b\cos{C}$. We know find the height from $O$ to $BC$, so drop the perpendicular $OM$. Notice that $OM = OB\cos{BOM} = OB\cos{A} = R\cos{A}$. Hence, we have $2[OCD] = bR\cos{A}\cos{C}$. Notice, that we can find that $2[OAF] = bR\cos{C}\cos{A}$, so $[OCD] = [OAF]$. By similar reasoning, we can find that the two other pairs $OBD, OAE$ and $OCE, OBF$ have equal areas as well, so done.
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We can bash this ;D, consider barycentric coordinates $A = (1,0,0)$, $B = (0,1,0)$, $C = (0,0,1)$, let $S_A = \frac{-a^2 + b^2 + c^2}{2} = bc \cdot \cos A$, etc. then $D = \left(0:S_CS_A:S_AS_B\right)$, $E = \left(S_BS_C:0:S_AS_B\right)$, $O = \Big(a^2S_A:b^2S_B:c^2S_C\Big)$
So \begin{align*}[AOE] &= [ABC]\cdot\frac{1}{(a^2S_A+b^2S_B+c^2S_C)\cdot (S_BS_C+S_AS_B)}\begin{vmatrix}1 & 0 & 0\\ a^2S_A & b^2S_B & c^2S_C\\ S_BS_C & 0 & S_AS_B\end{vmatrix}\\ &= [ABC]\cdot\frac{b^2S_AS_B^2}{(a^2S_A+b^2S_B+c^2S_C)\cdot (S_BS_C+S_AS_B)}\\ &= [ABC]\cdot\frac{b^2S_AS_B}{(a^2S_A+b^2S_B+c^2S_C)\cdot (S_C+S_A)} \\
&= [ABC] \cdot \frac{S_AS_B}{a^2S_A + b^2S_B + c^2S_C}
\end{align*}
\begin{align*}
[BDO] &= [ABC] \cdot \frac{1}{(a^2S_A + b^2S_B + c^2S_C) \cdot (S_CS_A + S_AS_B)} \cdot \begin{vmatrix}
0 & 1 & 0\\ 
0 & S_CS_A & S_AS_B \\
a^2S_A & b^2S_B & c^2S_C\\ 
\end{vmatrix} \\
&= [ABC] \cdot \frac{a^2S_A^2S_B}{(a^2S_A + b^2S_B + c^2S_C) \cdot (S_CS_A + S_AS_B)} \\
&= [ABC] \cdot \frac{a^2S_AS_B}{(a^2S_A + b^2S_B + c^2S_C) \cdot (S_C + S_B)} \\
&= [ABC] \cdot \frac{S_AS_B}{a^2S_A + b^2S_B + c^2S_C} 
\end{align*}

Hence $[AOE] = [BDO]$. The two other pairs are analogous.
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We will prove $[BOD]=[AOE]$. Let $Q\in BO$ such that $DQ \perp BO$ and $R\in AO$ such that $ER\perp OA$. Since $OB=OA$, it suffices to show $DQ = ER$. But $\triangle QBD \sim \triangle EBA$ and $\triangle RAE \sim \triangle DAB$. The equality follows from similarity ratios.
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We will prove that $[OBD]=[OAE]$. The other equalities follow. Note $OM$, the height to $BC$, in $OBC$, is also the height to in $OBD$. Hence $\frac{1}{2} R^2\sin{2A}=\frac{1}{2} a\cdot AM$, so $AM=R^2\sin{2A}/a$. So $[OBD]=\frac{1}{2}c\cos{B}\cdot AM=\frac{cR^2\sin{2A}\cos{B}}{2a}$. Using similar reasoning, we can find $ON$, where $N$ is the foot of the perpendicular from $O$ to $AC$. $\frac{1}{2}ON\cdot b=\frac{1}{2}R^2\sin{2B}$, so $ON=R^2\sin{2B}/b$. Hence $AE=c\cos{A}$, and so $[OAE]=\frac{1}{2}ON\cdot AE=\frac{R^2c\sin{2B}\cos{A}}{2b}$. So it suffices to prove that $\frac{R^2c\sin{2B}\cos{A}}{2b}=\frac{cR^2\sin{2A}\cos{B}}{2a}$, or $\frac{\sin{A}}{a}=\frac{\sin{B}}{b}$, which is exactly the Law of Sines, so we are done.
$\blacksquare$
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I used the fact that the sides of the orthic triangle are perpendicular to $OA$, $OB$, $OC$. Then take the radious as the base and parts of the sides of the orthic triangle as altitudes. Prove that altitudes are equal with similar triangles (for example $AEF$ is similar to $ABC$). Thanks for reading!
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We claim that $[OFB]=[OEC]$ . Then by symmetry other parts will follow .So ,
$[OFB]=\frac{1}{2} \cdot BF \cdot OT=\frac{1}{2} \left(acosB \right) \left(RcosC \right) = \frac{1}{2} \left(acosC \right) \left(RcosB \right) = \frac{1}{2} \cdot CE \cdot OT'=[OEC]$ . Note that $T$ is midpt. of $AB$ and $T'$ is midpt. of $AC$.
$\text{Q.E.D.} \blacksquare$
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I claim that $[OAF] = [OCD]$.

Let $M, N, P$ be the midpoints of $BC, CA, AB$ respectively. We want to prove that $AF\cdot OP=CD\cdot OM$. Let $H$ be the orthocenter; then a well-known lemma states that $AH=2OM$. Thus it remains to prove $AF\cdot CH = CD\cdot AH$.

However, note that by similar triangles $\triangle AFH\sim \triangle CDH$, $\dfrac{AF}{AH}=\dfrac{CD}{CH}\implies AF\cdot CH=CD\cdot AH$ done.

This argument also works for $[OCE]=[OBF]$ and $[OAE]=[OBD]$ so the problem is finished.
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Cute.

We'll prove $[AFO]=[DCO]$. Let $\angle BAC = \alpha$ and $\angle ACB = \gamma$, then note that \begin{align*} [AFO] &= \frac12 \cdot |AF| \cdot R \cdot \sin{(90^{\circ}-\gamma)} 
\\ &= \frac12 \cdot |AF| \cdot R \cdot \frac{|CD|}{|AC|}
\\ &= \frac12 \cdot |CD| \cdot R \cdot \frac{|AF|}{|AC|}
\\ &= \frac12 \cdot |CD| \cdot R \cdot \sin{(90^{\circ}-\alpha)}
\\ &= [DCO] \end{align*}Thus, we're done.
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I claim that $[OAE] = [OBD]$.

Let $X, Y$ be the intersection points of $FE$ with $AO$ and $FD$ with $BO$ respectively.

We have that $\angle FDB = \angle A$ and $\angle OBC = \angle OBD = 90-A^{\circ}$. So $FD \perp OB$. Similarly $FE \perp AO$. So our claim is equivalent to $XE = YD$ since $AO = BO$.

But $XE = AE*sin(90-B) = AE*\frac{BD}{AB} = BD*\frac{AE}{AB} = BD*sin(90-A) = YD$.

So our claim is true and the conclusion follows.
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Easy for APMO, trig bash will work well.
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Barycentric coordinates were perfect for this.
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Let $H$ be the orthocenter of $\Delta ABC$; since $AFHE$ is cyclic, by extended law of sines we have $\frac{HF}{HE} = \frac{\sin(\angle BAD)}{\sin(\angle CAD)}$. We also have $\angle BAD = 180^\circ - \angle B = \angle BCF = \angle OCE$ and similarly $\angle CAD = \angle OBF$ by isogonality of $O$ and $H$. Furthermore, since $BCFE$ is cyclic we have $\frac{HF}{HE} = \frac{BF}{CE}$, so thus $$\frac{\sin(\angle OCE)}{\sin(\angle OBF)} = \frac{HF}{HE} = \frac{BF}{CE} \Leftrightarrow [BFO] = \tfrac{1}{2} \cdot R \cdot BF \cdot \sin( \angle OBF) = \tfrac{1}{2} \cdot R \cdot CE \cdot \sin(\angle OCE) = [CEO]$$where $R=BO=CO$ is the circumradius of $\Delta ABC$. Similarly, we have $[BDO] = [AEO]$ and $[CDO] = [AFO]$, as desired.
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Let $\angle OBC = \angle OCB = x ; \angle OCA = \angle OAC = y ; \angle OAB = \angle OBA = z$

$$\frac {[AOE]}{[BOD]} = \frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot OA \cdot AE \cdot \sin y}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot OB \cdot BD \cdot \sin x} = \frac{AE \cdot \cos B}{BD \cdot \cos A} = \frac{AE \cdot \frac{BD}{AB}}{BD \cdot \frac{AE}{AB}} = 1$$
Thus, $[AOE] = [BOD]$ and similarly , $[DOC]=[AOF]$, and, $[COE]=[BOF]$
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Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with altitudes $AD$, $BE$, and $CF$, and let $O$ be the center of its circumcircle. Show that the segments $OA$, $OF$, $OB$, $OD$, $OC$, $OE$ dissect the triangle $ABC$ into three pairs of triangles that have equal areas.

APMO 2013, Problem 1

Consider barycentric coordinates with reference triangle $ABC$. We'll show that the areas of $AOE$ and $BDO$ equal by showing that the ratio of the areas of $AOE$ and $ABC$ is symmetric in $a$ and $b$. Then we have
\begin{align}
A&=(1,0,0)\\
B&=(0,1,0)\\
E&=(S_{BC}:0:S_{AB}) \text{ because } AE \text{ is a cevian that passes through }H\\
O&=(a^2S_A:b^2S_B:c^2S_C)\\
\end{align}Now
\begin{align*}
\frac{[AOE]}{[ABC]}&=\frac{1}{(\sum {a^2S_A})\cdot (S_{BC}+S_{AB})}\begin{vmatrix}1 & 0 & 0\\ a^2S_A & b^2S_B & c^2S_C\\ S_{BC} & 0 & S_{AB}\end{vmatrix}\\
&=\frac{1}{(\sum {a^2S_A})\cdot (S_{BC}+S_{AB})}(b^2S_B^2S_A)\\
&=\frac{b^2S_{AB}}{(\sum {a^2S_A})\cdot (S_{C}+S_{A})}
\end{align*}We can now remove the sum and $S_{AB}$ because both are symmetric in $a$ and $b$, so it suffices to have $
\frac{b^2}{(S_{C}+S_{A})}
$ symmetric but this is trivial since this is equal to $\frac{b^2}{b^2}=1$, hence we are done. $\blacksquare$
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We know that $OA=OB=OC$. So, let point $H$ be the midpoint of side $AC$, point $G$ be the midpoint of side $BC$, point $I$ be the midpoint of $AB$. Triangles $OGC$ and $AEB$ are similar, triangles $OHA$ and $BDA$ are similar, so $\frac{OG}{AE}=\frac{OC}{AB}$ and $\frac{OH}{BD}=\frac{OA}{AB} \implies BD \cdot OG=OH \cdot AE$
Triangles $OIA$ and $BEC$ are similar, triangles $FBC$ and $OHC$ are similar, so $\frac{OI}{CE}=\frac{OB}{CB}$ and $\frac{OH}{FB}=\frac{CO}{CB} \implies CE \cdot OH=OI \cdot FB$
Triangles $DAC$ and $AOI$ are similar, triangles $AFC$ and $OGC$ are similar, so $\frac{OI}{CD}=\frac{OA}{AC}$ and $\frac{OG}{AF}=\frac{OC}{AC} \implies AF \cdot OI=OG \cdot CD$. Now,
$A_{OBD}=\frac{1}{2} \cdot BD \cdot OG=\frac{1}{2} \cdot AE \cdot OH=A_{OAE}$
$A_{OCD}=\frac{1}{2} \cdot CD \cdot OG=\frac{1}{2} \cdot AF \cdot OI=A_{OAF}$
$A_{OCE}=\frac{1}{2} \cdot CE \cdot OH=\frac{1}{2} \cdot OI \cdot FB=A_{OBF}$. And, that is all :)
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Let $\angle OBC = \angle OCB = b$ and $\angle ABO =a$. It follows that:
$$x = \frac{[AOF]}{[OCD]} = \frac{AO \cdot AF \cdot \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sin (a)}{OC \cdot DC \cdot \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sin (b)} = \frac{AF}{DC} \cdot \frac{\sin (a)}{\sin (b)}$$Note that since $\triangle AFH \sim \triangle CDH$, so $\frac{AF}{DC} = \frac{FH}{DH} = \frac{\frac{FH}{BH}}{\frac{DH}{BH}} = \frac{\sin (ABE)}{\sin (EBC)}$. Since $O$ is the center of the circumcircle of $ABC$ and $\angle BOC = 180 - 2b$, $\angle BAC = 90 -b$ and similarly, $\angle ACB = 90 - a$. It follows that $\angle ABE = b, \angle EBC = a$, so $\frac{AF}{DC} = \frac{\sin (ABE)}{\sin (EBC)} = \frac{\sin (b)}{\sin (a)}$. Thus $x = 1$ as desired. By symmetry, the segments $OA$, $OF$, $OB$, $OD$, $OC$, $OE$ dissect the triangle $ABC$ into three pairs of triangles that have equal areas.
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I tried incredibly hard not to bash but my hand was forced.

Let's look at the diagram shown below. Let $BC = a, CA = b, AB = c$ and circumradius be $R$. Note that\[[AOF] = AF \cdot \delta(O, AB) = b\cos{\angle A} \cdot R\cos{\angle C}\]\[[BOF] = BF \cdot \delta(O, AB) = a\cos{\angle B} \cdot R\cos{\angle C}\]\[[BOD] = BD \cdot \delta(O, BC) = c\cos{\angle B} \cdot R\cos{\angle A}\]\[[COD] = CD \cdot \delta(O, BC) = b\cos{\angle C} \cdot R\cos{\angle A}\]\[[COE] = CE \cdot \delta(O, AC) = a\cos{\angle C} \cdot R\cos{\angle B}\]\[[AOE] = AE \cdot \delta(O, AC) = c\cos{\angle A} \cdot R\cos{\angle B}\]hence $[AOF] = [COD]$ and $[BOF] = [COE]$ and $[BOD] = [AOE]$ as desired. $\blacksquare$

Remark: Note that $[ABC]$ represents two times the area of triangle $\triangle ABC$ in our notation. This is a terrible problem.
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Wait there is a synthetic one-liner to this:

solution
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Let $H$ be the orthocenter of $ABC$ and $X, Y, Z$ be the midpoints of $BC, CA, AB$ respectively. By symmetry, it suffices to show $[AOF] = [COD]$, or $AF \cdot OZ = CD \cdot OX$.

Since $AFH \sim CDH$, we know $\frac{AF}{CD} = \frac{AH}{CH}$. It's well-known that $O$ is the orthocenter of $XYZ$. Thus, the homothety from $ABC$ to $XYZ$ yields $AH = 2 \cdot OX$ and $CH = 2 \cdot OZ$. Thus, $$\frac{AF}{CD} = \frac{AH}{CH} = \frac{OX}{OZ}$$and the result easily follows. $\blacksquare$


Remark: For this problem, you literally just need to (easily) guess which triangles have equal area and "backsolve" for ratios.

Woah @above's solution is really nice.
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Why try synthetic and barycentric when you have a few liner trig bash which is not at all painful :rotfl: ?
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Solution
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Claim: $[AOE]=[BOD]$.

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We have to prove $\frac{AE}{BD}=\frac{OD'}{OE'}$. Notice that $\triangle AHE\sim \triangle BHD$, $\triangle OCD'\sim \triangle CHE$ and $\triangle OCE'\sim \triangle HCD$. Which gives $$\frac{AE}{BD}=\frac{HE}{HD}=\frac{OD'}{OE'}$$as desired. $\square$


Similarly $[BOF]=[COE], [AOF]=[COD]$.
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Triangles $[OBF]=[OCE]$ because they both have area $\frac12 R\cdot a \cdot \cos(C)\cdot \cos(B)$.
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We will prove $ S_{OAF}$ = $ S_{OCD}$ and use same approach to prove other pairs.
$ S_{OAF}$ = AO.AF/2 . Sin ∠OAF and $ S_{OCD}$ = CO/CD/2 . Sin ∠OCD so we need to prove AF/CD = Sin ∠OCD/Sin ∠OAF.
Note that ACDF is cyclic so AF/CD = Sin ∠ACF/Sin ∠CAD. Note that ∠OAF = 90 - ∠C = ∠CAD and ∠OCD = 90 - ∠A = ∠ACF so
Sin ∠OCD/Sin ∠OAF = Sin ∠ACF/Sin ∠CAD = AF/CD as wanted.
we're Done.
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We will just show that $[AOF]=[COD],$ after which the rest of the problem follows by symmetry. Let $\angle A=\alpha,\angle B=\beta,\angle C=\gamma$.

Claim: $\frac{DC}{AF}=\frac{\sin(90-\gamma)}{\sin(90-\alpha)}.$ Since $AFDC$ is cyclic, $\triangle ADC$ and $\triangle AFC$ have the same circumradius, so $$\frac{DC}{AF}=\sin{\angle DAC}{\angle FCA}=\frac{\sin(90-\gamma)}{\sin(90-\alpha)}.$$
Then, $$2[AOF]=AF\cdot AO\cdot \sin\angle OAF=AF\cdot AO\cdot \sin(90-\gamma),$$$$2[COD]=CD\cdot CO\cdot \sin\angle OCD=CD\cdot CO\cdot \sin(90-\alpha)$$By our claim and the fact that $AO=CO$, we have $[AOF]=[COD]$, so we are done.
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I can't believe no one did this yet.
With complex numbers, we observe that $d=\frac{a+b+c-\frac{bc}{a}}{2}$ and $f=\frac{a+b+c-\frac{ab}{c}}{2}$, hence\begin{align*}[OAF] & =\frac{i}{4}\begin{vmatrix}0&0&1\\a&\frac{1}{a}&1\\\frac{a+b+c-\frac{ab}{c}}{2}&\frac{\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}-\frac{c}{ab}}{2}&1\end{vmatrix} \\
& =\frac{i}{4}\begin{vmatrix}a&\frac{1}{a}\\\frac{a+b+c-\frac{ab}{c}}{2}&\frac{\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}-\frac{c}{ab}}{2}\end{vmatrix} \\
& =\frac{i}{8}\left (\frac{a}{b}+\frac{a}{c}-\frac{c}{b}-\frac{b}{a}-\frac{c}{a}+\frac{b}{c}\right ) \\
& =\frac{i}{4}\begin{vmatrix}\frac{a+b+c-\frac{bc}{a}}{2}&\frac{\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}-\frac{a}{bc}}{2}\\c&\frac{1}{c}\end{vmatrix} \\
& =\frac{i}{4}\begin{vmatrix}0&0&1\\\frac{a+b+c-\frac{bc}{a}}{2}&\frac{\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}-\frac{a}{bc}}{2}&1\\c&\frac{1}{c}&1\end{vmatrix} \\
& =[OCD].
\end{align*}Done.
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Artinya apa bang messi?
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It is well known $d(O, BC) = R\cos A$. Now we have $DB = c \cos B$. Thus the areas are symmetrically $\frac{Rc\cos A \cos B}{2}$. The result follows.
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Let $[X]$ denote the area of polygon $X$. We claim that\begin{align*}
[AOF] &= [DOC] \\
[BOF] &= [EOC] \\
[BOD] &=[AOE].
\end{align*}We show each of the equalities above.

We have $[AOF] = [DOC]$
\begin{align*}
&\iff \dfrac 12 \cdot AO \cdot AF \cdot \sin FAO = \dfrac 12 \cdot CO \cdot CD \cdot \sin OCD \\
&\iff AF \cdot \sin FAO = CD \cdot \sin OCD \\
&\iff AF \cdot \sin DAC = CD \cdot \sin FCA \, \, (\text{since} \, AO, AD \, \, \text{and} \, CO,CF \, \text{are pairs of isogonals with respect to} \,  \, \Delta ABC) \\
&\iff AF \cdot \dfrac{DC}{AC} = CD \cdot \dfrac{AF}{AC}
\end{align*}which is obviously true, so the result follows as all steps are reversible.

Similarly, we have $[BOF] = [OEC]$
\begin{align*}
&\iff \dfrac 12 \cdot OB \cdot BF \cdot \sin OBF = \dfrac 12 \cdot OC \cdot EC \cdot \sin OCE \\
&\iff BF \cdot \sin EBC = EC \cdot \sin FCB \\
&\iff BF \cdot \dfrac{EC}{BC} = EC \cdot \dfrac{BF}{BC}
\end{align*}giving the desired equality.

Finally, we have $[BOD] = [AOE]$
\begin{align*}
&\iff \dfrac 12 \cdot OB \cdot BD \cdot \sin OBD = \dfrac 12 \cdot AO \cdot AE \cdot \sin OAE \\
&\iff BD \cdot \sin EBA = AE \cdot \sin DAB \\
&\iff BD \cdot \dfrac{AE}{AB} = AE \cdot \dfrac{BD}{AB} 
\end{align*}and we are done. $\blacksquare$
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Let $H$ be the orthocenter of $\triangle ABC$ and $B'$ and $A'$ the feet dropped from $O$ to $AC$ and $BC$ respectively.
$\triangle AEH \sim \triangle BDH \implies \frac{BD}{AE} = \frac{BH}{AH} \implies BD \cdot AH = BH \cdot AE$.
It's well-known that $AH=2OA'$, and similarly $BH=2OB'$ so:
$BD \cdot 2OA' = 2OB' \cdot AE \implies  \frac{BD \cdot OA'}{2} = \frac{OB' \cdot AE}{2}$, which are the areas of $\triangle BDO$ and $\triangle OEA$ respectively.
Similarly, we can prove that $[ODC]=[OAF]$ and $[BFO]=[CEO]$ are we're done :D .
This post has been edited 1 time. Last edited by LeYohan, Dec 19, 2024, 9:22 PM
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