Found problems: 1581
Segments $AA'$, $BB'$, and $CC'$ are the bisectrices of triangle $ABC$. It is known that these lines are also the bisectrices of triangle $A'B'C'$. Is it true that triangle $ABC$ is regular?
Given is a triangle $ABC$. Let $X$ be the reflection of $B$ in $AC$ and $Y$ is the reflection of $C$ in $AB$. The tangent to $(XAY)$ at $A$ meets $XY$ and $BC$ at $E, F$. Show that $AE=AF$.
Let $\triangle ABC$ be an acute triangle, $O$ be its circumcenter, and $D$ be a point different that $A$ and $C$ on the smaller $AC$ arc of its circumcircle. Let $P$ be a point on $[AB]$ satisfying $\widehat{ADP} = \widehat {OBC}$ and $Q$ be a point on $[BC]$ satisfying $\widehat{CDQ}=\widehat {OBA}$. Show that $\widehat {DPQ} = \widehat {DOC}$.
Given a triangle $ABC$, let $A',B',C'$ be the perpendicular feet dropped from the centroid $G$ of the triangle $ABC$ onto the sides $BC,CA,AB$ respectively. Reflect $A',B',C'$ through $G$ to $A'',B'',C''$ respectively. Prove that the lines $AA'',BB'',CC''$ are concurrent.
Triangle $ABC$ with $\measuredangle A = 90^\circ$ has incenter $I$. A circle passing through $A$ with center $I$ is drawn, intersecting $\overline{BC}$ at $E$ and $F$ such that $BE < BF$. If $\tfrac{BE}{EF} = \tfrac{2}{3}$, then $\tfrac{CF}{FE} = \tfrac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.
[i]Proposed by Lewis Chen
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Given an acute-angled triangle $ABC$ with orthocenter $H$. Reflection of nine-point circle about $AH$ intersects circumcircle at points $X$ and $Y$. Prove that $AH$ is the external bisector of $\angle XHY$.
[i]Proposed by Mohammad Javad Shabani[/i]
Each square of a $(2^n-1) \times (2^n-1)$ board contains either $1$ or $-1$. Such an arrangement is called [i]successful[/i] if each number is the product of its neighbors. Find the number of successful arrangements.
Let $M$ be a centre of gravity (the intersection point of the medians) of a triangle $ABC$. Under rotation by $120$ degrees about the point $M$, the point $B$ is taken to the point $P$; under rotation by $240$ degrees about $M$, the point $C$ is taken to the point $Q$. Prove that either $APQ$ is an equilateral triangle, or the points $A, P, Q$ coincide.
(Bykovsky, Khabarovsksk)
Let a triangle $ABC$ satisfy $AC = BC$; in other words, let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with base $AB$. Let $P$ be a point inside the triangle $ABC$ such that $\angle PAB = \angle PBC$. Denote by $M$ the midpoint of the segment $AB$. Show that $\angle APM + \angle BPC = 180^{\circ}$.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $\angle A=60^{\circ}$ and $AB\neq AC$, $I$-incenter, $O$-circumcenter. Prove that perpendicular bisector of $AI$, line $OI$ and line $BC$ have a common point.
Let $O$ be the centre of the incircle of $\triangle ABC$. Points $K,L$ are the intersection points of the circles circumscribed about triangles $BOC,AOC$ respectively with the bisectors of the angles at $A,B$ respectively $(K,L\not= O)$. Also $P$ is the midpoint of segment $KL$, $M$ is the reflection of $O$ with respect to $P$ and $N$ is the reflection of $O$ with respect to line $KL$. Prove that the points $K,L,M$ and $N$ lie on the same circle.
Inscribed circle of triangle $ABC$ touches sides $BC$, $CA$ and $AB$ at the points $X$, $Y$ and $Z$, respectively. Let $AA_{1}$, $BB_{1}$ and $CC_{1}$ be the altitudes of the triangle $ABC$ and $M$, $N$ and $P$ be the incenters of triangles $AB_{1}C_{1}$, $BC_{1}A_{1}$ and $CA_{1}B_{1}$, respectively.
a) Prove that $M$, $N$ and $P$ are orthocentres of triangles $AYZ$, $BZX$ and $CXY$, respectively.
b) Prove that common external tangents of these incircles, different from triangle sides, are concurent at orthocentre of triangle $XYZ$.
Let $\Gamma$ be a circle, $P$ be a point outside it, and $A$ and $B$ the intersection points between $\Gamma$ and the tangents from $P$ to $\Gamma$. Let $K$ be a point on the line $AB$, distinct from $A$ and $B$ and let $T$ be the second intersection point of $\Gamma$ and the circumcircle of the triangle $PBK$.Also, let $P'$ be the reflection of $P$ in point $A$.
Show that $\angle PBT=\angle P'KA$
Consider the two triangles $ ABC$ and $ PQR$ shown below. In triangle $ ABC, \angle ADB \equal{} \angle BDC \equal{} \angle CDA \equal{} 120^\circ$. Prove that $ x\equal{}u\plus{}v\plus{}w$.
[asy]unitsize(7mm);
defaultpen(linewidth(.7pt)+fontsize(10pt));
pair C=(0,0), B=4*dir(5);
pair A=intersectionpoints(Circle(C,5), Circle(B,6))[0];
pair Oc=scale(sqrt(3)/3)*rotate(30)*(B-A)+A;
pair Ob=scale(sqrt(3)/3)*rotate(30)*(A-C)+C;
pair D=intersectionpoints(Circle(Ob,length(Ob-C)), Circle(Oc,length(Oc-B)))[1];
real s=length(A-D)+length(B-D)+length(C-D);
pair P=(6,0), Q=P+(s,0), R=rotate(60)*(s,0)+P;
pair M=intersectionpoints(Circle(P,length(B-C)), Circle(Q,length(A-C)))[0];
draw(A--B--C--A--D--B);
draw(D--C);
label("$B$",B,SE);
label("$C$",C,SW);
label("$A$",A,N);
label("$D$",D,NE);
label("$a$",midpoint(B--C),S);
label("$b$",midpoint(A--C),WNW);
label("$c$",midpoint(A--B),NE);
label("$u$",midpoint(A--D),E);
label("$v$",midpoint(B--D),N);
label("$w$",midpoint(C--D),NNW);
draw(P--Q--R--P--M--Q);
draw(M--R);
label("$P$",P,SW);
label("$Q$",Q,SE);
label("$R$",R,N);
label("$M$",M,NW);
label("$x$",midpoint(P--R),NW);
label("$x$",midpoint(P--Q),S);
label("$x$",midpoint(Q--R),NE);
label("$c$",midpoint(R--M),ESE);
label("$a$",midpoint(P--M),NW);
label("$b$",midpoint(Q--M),NE);[/asy]
Let $P$ be a point in the plane of $\triangle ABC$, and $\gamma$ a line passing through $P$. Let $A', B', C'$ be the points where the reflections of lines $PA, PB, PC$ with respect to $\gamma$ intersect lines $BC, AC, AB$ respectively. Prove that $A', B', C'$ are collinear.
$ABC$ is an acute triangle. (angle $C$ is bigger than angle $B$) Let $O$ be a center of the circle which passes $B$ and tangents to $AC$ at $C$. $O$ meets the segment $AB$ at $D$. $CO$ meets the circle $(O)$ again at $P$, a line, which passes $P$ and parallel to $AO$, meets $AC$ at $E$, and $EB$ meets the circle $(O)$ again at $L$. A perpendicular bisector of $BD$ meets $AC$ at $F$ and $LF$ meets $CD$ at $K$. Prove that two lines $EK$ and $CL$ are parallel.
Let $ ABCD$ be a parallelogram with no angle equal to $ 60^{\textrm{o}}$. Find all pairs of points $ E, F$, in the plane of $ ABCD$, such that triangles $ AEB$ and $ BFC$ are isosceles, of basis $ AB$, respectively $ BC$, and triangle $ DEF$ is equilateral.
[i]Valentin Vornicu[/i]
Triangle $ABC$ is inscribed in circle $\omega$. Circle $\gamma$ is tangent to $AB$ and $AC$ at points $P$ and $Q$ respectively. Also circle $\gamma$ is tangent to circle $\omega$ at point $S$. Let the intesection of $AS$ and $PQ$ be $T$. Prove that $\angle{BTP}=\angle{CTQ}$.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Find all points $P$ on segment $BC$ satisfying the following property: If $X$ and $Y$ are the intersections of line $PA$ with the common external tangent lines of the circumcircles of triangles $PAB$ and $PAC$, then \[\left(\frac{PA}{XY}\right)^2+\frac{PB\cdot PC}{AB\cdot AC}=1.\]
A finite sequence of three-digit integers has the property that the tens and units digits of each term are, respectively, the hundreds and tens digits of the next term, and the tens and units digits of the last term are, respectively, the hundreds and tens digits of the first term. For example, such a sequence might begin with the terms $ 247,$ $ 275,$ and $ 756$ and end with the term $ 824.$ Let $ \mathcal{S}$ be the sum of all the terms in the sequence. What is the largest prime factor that always divides $ \mathcal{S}?$
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 7 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 13 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 37 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 43$
Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral with $A,B,C,D$ concyclic. Assume $\angle ADC$ is acute and $\frac{AB}{BC}=\frac{DA}{CD}$. Let $\Gamma$ be a circle through $A$ and $D$, tangent to $AB$, and let $E$ be a point on $\Gamma$ and inside $ABCD$.
Prove that $AE\perp EC$ if and only if $\frac{AE}{AB}-\frac{ED}{AD}=1$.
In the figure below, $\triangle ABC$ is an equilateral triangle.
[asy]
import graph;
unitsize(60);
axes("$x$", "$y$", (0, 0), (1.5, 1.5), EndArrow);
real w = sqrt(3) - 1;
pair A = (1, 1);
pair B = (0, w);
pair C = (w, 0);
draw(A -- B -- C -- cycle);
dot(Label("$A(1, 1)$", A, NE), A);
dot(Label("$B$", B, W), B);
dot(Label("$C$", C, S), C);
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Point $A$ has coordinates $(1, 1)$, point $B$ is on the positive $y$-axis, and point $C$ is on the positive $x$-axis. What is the area of $\triangle ABC$?
Two circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ touch externally at point $P$.Let $A$ be a point on $\omega_2$ not lying on the line through the centres of the two circles.Let $AB$ and $AC$ be the tangents to $\omega_1$.Lines $BP$ and $CP$ meet $\omega_2$ for the second time at points $E$ and $F$.Prove that the line $EF$,the tangent to $\omega_2$ at $A$ and the common tangent at $P$ concur.
$I$ is the incenter of triangle $ABC$. perpendicular from $I$ to $AI$ meet $AB$ and $AC$ at ${B}'$ and ${C}'$ respectively .
Suppose that ${B}''$ and ${C}''$ are points on half-line $BC$ and $CB$ such that $B{B}''=BA$ and $C{C}''=CA$.
Suppose that the second intersection of circumcircles of $A{B}'{B}''$ and $A{C}'{C}''$ is $T$.
Prove that the circumcenter of $AIT$ is on the $BC$.
In the triangle $ABC$, $\angle A$ is biggest. On the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$, let $D$ be the midpoint of $\widehat{ABC}$ and $E$ be the midpoint of $\widehat{ACB}$. The circle $c_1$ passes through $A,B$ and is tangent to $AC$ at $A$, the circle $c_2$ passes through $A,E$ and is tangent $AD$ at $A$. $c_1$ and $c_2$ intersect at $A$ and $P$. Prove that $AP$ bisects $\angle BAC$.
[hide="Diagram"][asy]
/* File unicodetex not found. */
/* Geogebra to Asymptote conversion, documentation at artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki, go to User:Azjps/geogebra */
import graph; size(14.4cm);
real labelscalefactor = 0.5; /* changes label-to-point distance */
pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); /* default pen style */
pen dotstyle = black; /* point style */
real xmin = -5.23, xmax = 9.18, ymin = -2.97, ymax = 4.82; /* image dimensions */
/* draw figures */
draw(circle((-1.32,1.36), 2.98));
draw(circle((3.56,1.53), 3.18));
draw((0.92,3.31)--(-2.72,-1.27));
draw(circle((0.08,0.25), 3.18));
draw((-2.72,-1.27)--(3.13,-0.65));
draw((3.13,-0.65)--(0.92,3.31));
draw((0.92,3.31)--(2.71,-1.54));
draw((-2.41,-1.74)--(0.92,3.31));
draw((0.92,3.31)--(1.05,-0.43));
/* dots and labels */
dot((-1.32,1.36),dotstyle);
dot((0.92,3.31),dotstyle);
label("$A$", (0.81,3.72), NE * labelscalefactor);
label("$c_1$", (-2.81,3.53), NE * labelscalefactor);
dot((3.56,1.53),dotstyle);
label("$c_2$", (3.43,3.98), NE * labelscalefactor);
dot((1.05,-0.43),dotstyle);
label("$P$", (0.5,-0.43), NE * labelscalefactor);
dot((-2.72,-1.27),dotstyle);
label("$B$", (-3.02,-1.57), NE * labelscalefactor);
dot((2.71,-1.54),dotstyle);
label("$E$", (2.71,-1.86), NE * labelscalefactor);
dot((3.13,-0.65),dotstyle);
label("$C$", (3.39,-0.9), NE * labelscalefactor);
dot((-2.41,-1.74),dotstyle);
label("$D$", (-2.78,-2.07), NE * labelscalefactor);
clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle);
/* end of picture */[/asy][/hide]