2024 USAMO Problems/Problem 5
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[hide]Problem
Point is selected inside acute triangle so that and . Point is chosen on ray so that . Let be the midpoint of . Show that line is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle .
Solution 1
Let and . Extend AD intersects BC at point T, then TC = TA, TE is perpendicular to AC
Thus, AB is the tangent of the circle BEM
Then the question is equivalent as the is the auxillary angle of .
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