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Difficulty: 9/102021 IMO 2021 (Q3)

Let be an interior point of the acute triangle with such that . The point on the segment satisfies , the point on the segment satisfies , and the point on the line satisfies . Let and be the circumcenters of the triangles and , respectively.

Prove that the lines , , and are concurrent.

Options:

  • A.

    The lines , , and are concurrent.

  • The lines , , and are concurrent.

  • C.

    The lines , , and are concurrent.

  • D.

    The lines , , and are concurrent.

Guide / Hint

Hint 1: is the angle bisector of . The conditions and create specific cyclic configurations.

Hint 2: Identify that and relate to circumcircles. The point (on equidistant from and ) lies on the perpendicular bisector of .

Hint 3: Show the intersection of and has equal power w.r.t. the circumcircles of and . This forces the center-line to pass through it.

Solution

Step 1 (AD is the angle bisector): means bisects . By the angle bisector theorem, .

Step 2 (Identify cyclic quadrilaterals): The condition implies that relate through a cyclic configuration (or an angle-angle similarity). Similarly relates to the circumcircle of .

Step 3 (Point ): is on line with , so lies on the perpendicular bisector of intersected with line .

Step 4 (Circumcenters , ): is the circumcenter of and is the circumcenter of . The line is perpendicular to... the radical axis of the two circumcircles (if they share chord ).

Step 5 (Concurrence): Using the angle conditions, show that the intersection of and lies on the radical axis of the circumcircles of and , which forces to pass through this point. This is established via a power-of-a-point computation at the intersection.

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