Olympiad problems

2012 ITAMO, 1

On the sides of a triangle $ABC$ right angled at $A$ three points $D, E$ and $F$ (respectively $BC, AC$ and $AB$) are chosen so that the quadrilateral $AFDE$ is a square. If $x$ is the length of the side of the square, show that \[\frac{1}{x}=\frac{1}{AB}+\frac{1}{AC}\]

2008 Romania Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: geometry , circumcircle , geometry proposed

Let $ ABC$ be a triangle with $ \measuredangle{BAC} < \measuredangle{ACB}$. Let $ D$, $ E$ be points on the sides $ AC$ and $ AB$, such that the angles $ ACB$ and $ BED$ are congruent. If $ F$ lies in the interior of the quadrilateral $ BCDE$ such that the circumcircle of triangle $ BCF$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $ DEF$ and the circumcircle of $ BEF$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $ CDF$, prove that the points $ A$, $ C$, $ E$, $ F$ are concyclic. [i]Author: Cosmin Pohoata[/i]

2007 Croatia Team Selection Test, 5

Tags: symmetry , ratio , geometry proposed , geometry

Let there be two circles. Find all points $M$ such that there exist two points, one on each circle such that $M$ is their midpoint.

2009 Indonesia TST, 4

Tags: geometry , incenter , circumcircle , geometry proposed

Given triangle $ ABC$ with $ AB>AC$. $ l$ is tangent line of the circumcircle of triangle $ ABC$ at $ A$. A circle with center $ A$ and radius $ AC$, intersect $ AB$ at $ D$ and $ l$ at $ E$ and $ F$. Prove that the lines $ DE$ and $ DF$ pass through the incenter and excenter of triangle $ ABC$.

2007 Kyiv Mathematical Festival, 4

Tags: geometry , geometric transformation , reflection , trapezoid , geometry proposed

The point $D$ at the side $AB$ of triangle $ABC$ is given. Construct points $E,F$ at sides $BC, AC$ respectively such that the midpoints of $DE$ and $DF$ are collinear with $B$ and the midpoints of $DE$ and $EF$ are collinear with $C.$

2004 Germany Team Selection Test, 2

Tags: geometry proposed , geometry , Locus problems , Geometric Inequalities , Germany , TST , Team Selection Test

Let $d$ be a diameter of a circle $k$, and let $A$ be an arbitrary point on this diameter $d$ in the interior of $k$. Further, let $P$ be a point in the exterior of $k$. The circle with diameter $PA$ meets the circle $k$ at the points $M$ and $N$. Find all points $B$ on the diameter $d$ in the interior of $k$ such that \[\measuredangle MPA = \measuredangle BPN \quad \text{and} \quad PA \leq PB.\] (i. e. give an explicit description of these points without using the points $M$ and $N$).

2007 Iran Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: geometry , geometric transformation , reflection , analytic geometry , geometry proposed

In an isosceles right-angled triangle shaped billiards table , a ball starts moving from one of the vertices adjacent to hypotenuse. When it reaches to one side then it will reflect its path. Prove that if we reach to a vertex then it is not the vertex at initial position [i]By Sam Nariman[/i]

2012 Middle European Mathematical Olympiad, 6

Tags: geometry , circumcircle , trapezoid , incenter , angle bisector , geometry proposed

Let $ ABCD $ be a convex quadrilateral with no pair of parallel sides, such that $ \angle ABC = \angle CDA $. Assume that the intersections of the pairs of neighbouring angle bisectors of $ ABCD $ form a convex quadrilateral $ EFGH $. Let $ K $ be the intersection of the diagonals of $ EFGH$. Prove that the lines $ AB $ and $ CD $ intersect on the circumcircle of the triangle $ BKD $.

2014 ELMO Shortlist, 6

Tags: geometry , circumcircle , cyclic quadrilateral , power of a point , radical axis , geometry proposed

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with center $O$. Suppose the circumcircles of triangles $AOB$ and $COD$ meet again at $G$, while the circumcircles of triangles $AOD$ and $BOC$ meet again at $H$. Let $\omega_1$ denote the circle passing through $G$ as well as the feet of the perpendiculars from $G$ to $AB$ and $CD$. Define $\omega_2$ analogously as the circle passing through $H$ and the feet of the perpendiculars from $H$ to $BC$ and $DA$. Show that the midpoint of $GH$ lies on the radical axis of $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$. [i]Proposed by Yang Liu[/i]

2001 Hungary-Israel Binational, 2

Tags: geometry proposed , geometry

Points $A, B, C, D$ lie on a line $l$, in that order. Find the locus of points $P$ in the plane for which $\angle{APB}=\angle{CPD}$.

2012 India IMO Training Camp, 1

Tags: invariant , geometry , cyclic quadrilateral , radical axis , power of a point , geometry proposed

The cirumcentre of the cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ is $O$. The second intersection point of the circles $ABO$ and $CDO$, other than $O$, is $P$, which lies in the interior of the triangle $DAO$. Choose a point $Q$ on the extension of $OP$ beyond $P$, and a point $R$ on the extension of $OP$ beyond $O$. Prove that $\angle QAP=\angle OBR$ if and only if $\angle PDQ=\angle RCO$.

2006 District Olympiad, 3

Tags: geometry , parallelogram , geometry proposed

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral, $M$ the midpoint of $AB$, $N$ the midpoint of $BC$, $E$ the intersection of the segments $AN$ and $BD$, $F$ the intersection of the segments $DM$ and $AC$. Prove that if $BE = \frac 13 BD$ and $AF = \frac 13 AC$, then $ABCD$ is a parallelogram.

1997 Brazil National Olympiad, 1

Tags: geometry proposed , geometry

Given $R, r > 0$. Two circles are drawn radius $R$, $r$ which meet in two points. The line joining the two points is a distance $D$ from the center of one circle and a distance $d$ from the center of the other. What is the smallest possible value for $D+d$?

2007 Iran MO (3rd Round), 3

Tags: ratio , geometry proposed , geometry

We call a set $ A$ a good set if it has the following properties: 1. $ A$ consists circles in plane. 2. No two element of $ A$ intersect. Let $ A,B$ be two good sets. We say $ A,B$ are equivalent if we can reach from $ A$ to $ B$ by moving circles in $ A$, making them bigger or smaller in such a way that during these operations each circle does not intersect with other circles. Let $ a_{n}$ be the number of inequivalent good subsets with $ n$ elements. For example $ a_{1}\equal{} 1,a_{2}\equal{} 2,a_{3}\equal{} 4,a_{4}\equal{} 9$. [img]http://i5.tinypic.com/4r0x81v.png[/img] If there exist $ a,b$ such that $ Aa^{n}\leq a_{n}\leq Bb^{n}$, we say growth ratio of $ a_{n}$ is larger than $ a$ and is smaller than $ b$. a) Prove that growth ratio of $ a_{n}$ is larger than 2 and is smaller than 4. b) Find better bounds for upper and lower growth ratio of $ a_{n}$.

1992 IberoAmerican, 3

Tags: geometry , circumcircle , trigonometry , inradius , inequalities , incenter , geometry proposed

Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle of sidelength 2 and let $\omega$ be its incircle. a) Show that for every point $P$ on $\omega$ the sum of the squares of its distances to $A$, $B$, $C$ is 5. b) Show that for every point $P$ on $\omega$ it is possible to construct a triangle of sidelengths $AP$, $BP$, $CP$. Also, the area of such triangle is $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}$.

2009 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 19

Tags: geometry , geometry proposed

Given convex $ n$-gon $ A_1\ldots A_n$. Let $ P_i$ ($ i \equal{} 1,\ldots , n$) be such points on its boundary that $ A_iP_i$ bisects the area of polygon. All points $ P_i$ don't coincide with any vertex and lie on $ k$ sides of $ n$-gon. What is the maximal and the minimal value of $ k$ for each given $ n$?

2001 Baltic Way, 8

Tags: inequalities , geometry proposed , geometry

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral, and let $N$ be the midpoint of $BC$. Suppose further that $\angle AND=135^{\circ}$. Prove that $|AB|+|CD|+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\cdot |BC|\ge |AD|.$

2000 Iran MO (3rd Round), 2

Tags: geometry , power of a point , radical axis , geometry proposed

Isosceles triangles $A_3A_1O_2$ and $A_1A_2O_3$ are constructed on the sides of a triangle $A_1A_2A_3$ as the bases, outside the triangle. Let $O_1$ be a point outside $\Delta A_1A_2A_3$ such that $\angle O_1A_3A_2 =\frac 12\angle A_1O_3A_2$ and $\angle O_1A_2A_3 =\frac 12\angle A_1O_2A_3$. Prove that $A_1O_1\perp O_2O_3$, and if $T$ is the projection of $O_1$ onto $A_2A_3$, then $\frac{A_1O_1}{O_2O_3} = 2\frac{O_1T}{A_2A_3}$.

2007 Iran Team Selection Test, 2

Tags: analytic geometry , geometry , trigonometry , inequalities , circumcircle , geometry proposed

Triangle $ABC$ is isosceles ($AB=AC$). From $A$, we draw a line $\ell$ parallel to $BC$. $P,Q$ are on perpendicular bisectors of $AB,AC$ such that $PQ\perp BC$. $M,N$ are points on $\ell$ such that angles $\angle APM$ and $\angle AQN$ are $\frac\pi2$. Prove that \[\frac{1}{AM}+\frac1{AN}\leq\frac2{AB}\]

2005 Taiwan TST Round 3, 2

Tags: geometry , incenter , circumcircle , geometry proposed

Given a triangle $ABC$, we construct a circle $\Gamma$ through $B,C$ with center $O$. $\Gamma$ intersects $AC, AB$ at points $D$, $E$, respectively($D$, $E$ are distinct from $B$ and $C$). Let the intersection of $BD$ and $CE$ be $F$. Extend $OF$ so that it intersects the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$ at $P$. Show that the incenters of triangles $PBD$ and $PCE$ coincide.

2016 Middle European Mathematical Olympiad, 5

Tags: geometry , circumcircle , geometry proposed , Law of Cosines

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle for which $AB \neq AC$, and let $O$ be its circumcenter. Line $AO$ meets the circumcircle of $ABC$ again in $D$, and the line $BC$ in $E$. The circumcircle of $CDE$ meets the line $CA$ again in $P$. The lines $PE$ and $AB$ intersect in $Q$. Line passing through $O$ parallel to the line $PE$ intersects the $A$-altitude of $ABC$ in $F$. Prove that $FP = FQ$.

2004 Germany Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: geometry , parallelogram , trigonometry , angle bisector , geometry proposed

The $A$-excircle of a triangle $ABC$ touches the side $BC$ at the point $K$ and the extended side $AB$ at the point $L$. The $B$-excircle touches the lines $BA$ and $BC$ at the points $M$ and $N$, respectively. The lines $KL$ and $MN$ meet at the point $X$. Show that the line $CX$ bisects the angle $ACN$.

2003 Alexandru Myller, 4

Tags: geometry , trigonometry , geometry proposed

Let $\displaystyle ABCD$ be a a convex quadrilateral and $\displaystyle O$ be a point in its interior. Let $\displaystyle a,b,c,d,e,f$ be the areas of the triangles $\displaystyle OAB,OBC,OCD,ODA,OAC,OBD$. Prove that \[ \displaystyle \left| ac - bd \right| = ef . \]

2009 Moldova Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: geometry , trapezoid , geometric transformation , homothety , rotation , ratio , geometry proposed

[color=darkblue]Let $ ABCD$ be a trapezoid with $ AB\parallel CD$. Exterior equilateral triangles $ ABE$ and $ CDF$ are constructed. Prove that lines $ AC$, $ BD$ and $ EF$ are concurrent.[/color]

2009 Indonesia TST, 4

Tags: geometry , incenter , circumcircle , geometry proposed

Given triangle $ ABC$ with $ AB>AC$. $ l$ is tangent line of the circumcircle of triangle $ ABC$ at $ A$. A circle with center $ A$ and radius $ AC$, intersect $ AB$ at $ D$ and $ l$ at $ E$ and $ F$. Prove that the lines $ DE$ and $ DF$ pass through the incenter and excenter of triangle $ ABC$.