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Find the minimum
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Source: China Shandong High School Mathematics Competition 2025 Q4
Let $ a,b,c>0,abc>1$. Find the minimum value of $ \frac {abc(a+b+c+8)}{abc-1}. $
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Interesting inequalities
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Let $ a,b >0 $ and $ a^2-ab+b^2\leq 1 $ . Prove that
$$a^4 +b^4+\frac{a }{b +1}+ \frac{b }{a +1} \leq 3$$$$a^3 +b^3+\frac{a^2}{b^2+1}+ \frac{b^2}{a^2+1} \leq 3$$$$a^4 +b^4-\frac{a}{b+1}-\frac{b}{a+1} \leq 1$$$$a^4+b^4 -\frac{a^2}{b^2+1}- \frac{b^2}{a^2+1}\leq 1$$$$a^3+b^3 -\frac{a^3}{b^3+1}- \frac{b^3}{a^3+1}\leq 1$$
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Marking vertices in splitted triangle
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Let $n$ be a positive integer. Consider a figure of a equilateral triangle of side $n$ and splitted in $n^2$ small equilateral triangles of side $1$. One will mark some of the $1+2+\dots+(n+1)$ vertices of the small triangles, such that for every integer $k\geq 1$, there is not any trapezoid(trapezium), whose the sides are $(1,k,1,k+1)$, with all the vertices marked. Furthermore, there are no small triangle(side $1$) have your three vertices marked. Determine the greatest quantity of marked vertices.
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distance of a point from incircle equals to a diameter of incircle
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Isotomic conjugates [intersections of median & incircle]
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Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and $M$ the midpoint of its side $BC$. Let $\gamma$ be the incircle of triangle $ABC$. The median $AM$ of triangle $ABC$ intersects the incircle $\gamma$ at two points $K$ and $L$. Let the lines passing through $K$ and $L$, parallel to $BC$, intersect the incircle $\gamma$ again in two points $X$ and $Y$. Let the lines $AX$ and $AY$ intersect $BC$ again at the points $P$ and $Q$. Prove that $BP = CQ$.
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Isotomic conjugates [intersections of median & incircle]
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Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and $M$ the midpoint of its side $BC$. Let $\gamma$ be the incircle of triangle $ABC$. The median $AM$ of triangle $ABC$ intersects the incircle $\gamma$ at two points $K$ and $L$. Let the lines passing through $K$ and $L$, parallel to $BC$, intersect the incircle $\gamma$ again in two points $X$ and $Y$. Let the lines $AX$ and $AY$ intersect $BC$ again at the points $P$ and $Q$. Prove that $BP = CQ$.
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Hint: consider the circle passing through $M$ and $P$ which is tangent to $AB$ and $AC$.
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Let $\ell: A\in\ell$ is the line, parallel $BC$. Consider the projective transformation, which maps $\ell$ in
the infinite line and preserve insircle of $ABC$. Then ratios of distances on the any line, parallel $\ell$, are preserved. Then the problem is trivial: the points $P'$ and $Q'$ in which maps the points $P$ and $Q$ are symmetric
of the center of incircle.
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PP.Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and $M$ the midpoint of its side $BC$. Let $\gamma$ be the incircle of triangle $ABC$. The median $AM$ of triangle $ABC$ intersects the incircle $\gamma$ at two points $K$ and $L$. Let the lines passing through $K$ and $L$, parallel to $BC$, intersect the incircle $\gamma$ again in two points $X$ and $Y$. Let the lines $AX$ and $AY$ intersect $BC$ again at the points $P$ and $Q$. Prove that $BP = CQ$.

Lemma. Let $ABC$ be a triangle for which $b\ne c$. Denote: the middlepoint $M$ of the side $[BC]$; the points $D,E,F$ where the incircle $C(I,r)$ touches the side-lines $BC,CA,AB$ respectively; the intersections $K,L$ between the incircle and the median $AM$; the intersection $S\in EF\cap AM$. Then $I\in SD$ and the division $(A,K,S,L)$ is harmonically.

Proof. $\frac{FB}{FA}\cdot MC+\frac{EC}{EA}\cdot MB=\frac{SM}{SA}\cdot BC\Longrightarrow\frac{SM}{SA}=\frac{a}{b+c-a}\ \ (1)$. Therefore, $T\in BC,\ AT\perp BC\Longrightarrow $ $MD=\frac 12\left| b-c\right|\ ,$ $DT=$ $\frac{(p-a)|b-c|}{a},\ \frac{DM}{DT}=\frac{a}{b+c-a}\ \ (2)$. From the relations $(1)$ and $(2)$ results that $\frac{SM}{SA}=\frac{DM}{DT}$, i.e. $SD\parallel AT$ what means $I\in SD$. Immediately we have and the second part of the conclusion (the line $EF$ is the polar of the point $A$ w.r.t. the incircle).

Proof of the proposed problem. Define the point $S\in EF\cap AM$ . Observe that $KX\parallel LY\iff$ $KXLY$ is an isosceles trapezoid $\iff$ $S\in XY\cap KL\implies$ $\frac {AK}{AL}=\frac {SK}{SL}=\frac {KX}{YL}\implies$ $\boxed{\frac {AK}{AL}=\frac {KX}{YL}}\ (1)$ .Therefore, $\left\{\begin{array}{cccc}
\frac{AM}{AK} & = & \frac{MP}{KX} & (2)\\\\
\frac{AL}{AM} & = & \frac{LY}{MQ} & (3)\end{array}\right\|$ . From the product of the relations $(1)$ , $(2)$ and $(3)$ we obtain $MP=MQ$, i.e. $BP=CQ\ .$
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Very nice!
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Thanks, Arne ! I and you must at first prove that the points $A,K,Z,L$ form a harmonical division. This property is one among the first problems in which the my mathe-teacher applied the harmonical division (approx. in 1958 !)
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What does harmonic division mean ? Virigil please can you send a link or something like that ...

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Davron and Arne, see that (in the previous message) I proved the mentioned classical harmonical division in a lemma.
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A less sophisticated solution, using Arne's hint:

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My solution is different:
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Generalization of this problem :

Theorem
Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and $P, Q$ is the point on $BC$ such that $BP=CQ$. Let $w$ be the incircle of triangle ABC. The line $AP$ intersects the incircle $w$ at $R$ (closer to A) and line $AQ$ intersects the incircle $w$ at $S$ (farrer to A).
Let the lines passing through $R$ and $S$, parallel to BC, intersect the incircle w again in two points $X$ and $Y$. Let the lines $AX$ and $AY$ intersect $BC$ again at the points $Z$ and $W$.
than $BZ=CW$

it is modification of India 1998 and easy to prove. we can use trigonometry or power of point.

Sorry to my bad english.
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Virgil Nicula wrote:
$\frac{FB}{FA}\cdot MC+\frac{EC}{EA}\cdot DB=\frac{SM}{SA}\cdot BC$.

Well, why is this?
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Hmm... I still don't understand. What theorem did you use here?
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Lemma. Let be given a triangle $ABC$ and a point $M$ lies on segment $BC.$ A line cuts $AB,\,AC,\,AM$ at $B',\,C',\,M'$ respectively. We have:
\[BC\cdot\frac{AM}{AM'}=BM\cdot\frac{AC}{AC'}+CM\cdot\frac{AB}{AB'}\]
Proof. We have:

\begin{eqnarray*}\frac{AB'\cdot AC'}{AB\cdot AC}&=&\frac{S(AB'C')}{S(ABC)}\\&=&\frac{S(AB'M')+S(AC'M')}{S(ABC)}\\&=&\frac{S(AB'M')}{\frac{BC}{BM}\cdot S(ABM)}+\frac{S(AC'M')}{\frac{BC}{CM}\cdot S(ACM)}\\ &=&\frac{BM}{BC}\cdot\frac{AB'\cdot AM'}{AB\cdot AM}+\frac{CM}{BC}\cdot\frac{AC'\cdot AM'}{AC\cdot AM}\end{eqnarray*}

$\Longrightarrow BC\cdot\frac{AM}{AM'}=BM\cdot\frac{AC}{AC'}+CM\cdot\frac{AB}{AB'}$
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Thanks. But also, can you tell why $A,K,S,L$ form a harmonic division (in Virgil's lemma)...
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