2023 IMO Problems/Problem 2
Problem
Let be an acute-angled triangle with
. Let
be the circumcircle of
. Let
be the midpoint of the arc
of
containing
. The perpendicular from
to
meets
at
and meets
again at
. The line through
parallel to
meets line
at
. Denote the circumcircle of triangle
by
. Let
meet
again at
. Prove that the line tangent to
at
meets line
on the internal angle bisector of
.
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Solution
Denote the point diametrically opposite to a point through
is the internal angle bisector of
.
Denote the crosspoint of and
through
To finishing the solution we need only to prove that
Denote
is incenter of
Denote is the orthocenter of
Denote
and
are concyclic.
points and
are collinear
is symmetric to
with respect
We use the lemma and complete the proof.
Lemma 1
Let acute triangle be given.
Let be the orthocenter of
be the height.
Let be the circle
is the diameter of
The point is symmetric to
with respect to
The line meets
again at
.
Prove that
Proof
Let be the circle centered at
with radius
The meets
again at
Let meets
again at
.
We use Reim’s theorem for and lines
and
and get
(this idea was recommended by Leonid Shatunov).
The point is symmetric to
with respect to
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Solution 2
Let be the circumcenter of
. We proceed with showing that
. Suppose that
intersects
and
at
and
respectively. Note that
Since , we have
and hence
is a diameter of
. By similar triangles
and therefore
Since is a diameter of
,
and thus
lies on the perpendicular bisector of
. This proves the claim.
Solution 3
Identify with the unit circle, and let the internal bisector of
meet
at
and
again at
. We set up so that
\begin{align*}
|a|=|b|=|s|&=1 \\
c &= \frac{s^2}b \\
t &= -s \\
e = -\frac{bc}a &= -\frac{s^2}a \\
d = \frac{ae(b+s) - bs(a+e)}{ae-bs} &= \frac{a^2b+abs+as^2-bs^2}{a(b+s)} \\
q = \frac{at(b+s) - bs(a+t)}{at-bs} &= \frac{2ab+as-bs}{a+b}
\end{align*}
Now we find the coordinate of
. We have
, and
Now
. Thus we have
and so
It remains to show that
lies on the tangent to
at
. Now let
be the center of
. Define the vectors
and
\begin{align*}
d' = d-p &= \frac{(2s+b-a)(a^2b+abs+as^2-bs^2) - s(b+s)(2ab+as-bs)}{a(b+s)(2s+b-a)} \\
&= \frac{a^2bs+as^3-bs^3+a^2b^2-a^3b-a^2s^2+abs^2-ab^2s}{a(b+s)(2s+b-a)} \\
&= \frac{(a-s)(b-a)(ab+s^2)}{a(b+s)(2s+b-a)}
\end{align*}
We observe that
and
. Thus if we define
, we have
Meanwhile, we compute
So
which is pure imaginary.
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