This website contains problems from math contests. Problems and corresponding tags were obtained from the Art of Problem Solving website.

Tags were heavily modified to better represent problems.

AND
OR
NO

Found problems: 250

Let $k$ be the incircle of the triangle $ABC$ with the center of the incircle $I$. The circle $k$ touches the sides $BC, CA$ and $AB$ in points $D, E$ and $F$. Let $G$ be the intersection of the straight line $AI$ and the circle $k$, which lies between $A$ and $I$. Assume $BE$ and $FG$ are parallel. Show that $BD = EF$.
Inside $\angle BAC = 45 {} ^ \circ$ the point $P$ is selected that the conditions $\angle APB = \angle APC = 45 {} ^ \circ $ are fulfilled. Let the points $M$ and $N$ be the projections of the point $P$ on the lines $AB$ and $AC$, respectively. Prove that $BC\parallel MN $. (Serdyuk Nazar)
Let $ABC$ be a triangle contained in one of the halfplanes determined by a line $r$. Points $A',B',C'$ are the reflections of $A,B,C$ in $r,$ respectively. Consider the line through $A'$ parallel to $BC$, the line through $B'$ parallel to $AC$ and the line through $C'$ parallel to $AB$. Show that these three lines have a common point.
We are given an acute triangle $ABC$ and points $D$ on $BC$ and $E$ on $AC$ such that $AD$ is perpendicular to $BC$ and $BE$ is perpendicular to $AC$. The intersection of $AD$ and $BE$ is called $H$. A line through $H$ intersects line segment $BC$ in $P$, and intersects line segment $AC$ in $Q$. Furthermore, $K$ is a point on $BE$ such that $PK$ is perpendicular to $BE$, and $L$ is a point on $AD$ such that $QL$ is perpendicular to $AD$. Prove that $DK$ and $EL$ are parallel. [asy] unitsize(1 cm); pair A, B, C, D, E, H, K, L, P, Q; A = (0,0); B = (6,0); C = (3.5,4); D = (A + reflect(B,C)*(A))/2; E = (B + reflect(A,C)*(B))/2; H = extension(A, D, B, E); P = extension(H, H + dir(-10), B, C); Q = extension(H, H + dir(-10), A, C); K = (P + reflect(B,E)*(P))/2; L = (Q + reflect(A,D)*(Q))/2; draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--D); draw(B--E); draw(K--P--Q--L); draw(rightanglemark(B,D,A,5)); draw(rightanglemark(B,E,A,5)); draw(rightanglemark(P,K,B,5)); draw(rightanglemark(A,L,Q,5)); dot("$A$", A, SW); dot("$B$", B, SE); dot("$C$", C, N); dot("$D$", D, NE); dot("$E$", E, NW); dot("$H$", H, N); dot("$K$", K, SW); dot("$L$", L, SE); dot("$P$", P, NE); dot("$Q$", Q, NW); [/asy]
Let $ABC$ be a scalene triangle with $I$ be its incenter. The incircle touches $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at $D$, $E$, $F$, respectively. $Y$, $Z$ are the midpoints of $DF$, $DE$ respectively, and $S$, $V$ are the intersections of lines $YZ$ and $BC$, $AD$, respectively. $T$ is the second intersection of $\odot(ABC)$ and $AS$. $K$ is the foot from $I$ to $AT$. Prove that $KV$ is parallel to $DT$. [i]Proposed by ltf0501[/i]
Let $ABCDE$ be a convex pentagon such that $BC=DE$. Assume that there is a point $T$ inside $ABCDE$ with $TB=TD,TC=TE$ and $\angle ABT = \angle TEA$. Let line $AB$ intersect lines $CD$ and $CT$ at points $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Assume that the points $P,B,A,Q$ occur on their line in that order. Let line $AE$ intersect $CD$ and $DT$ at points $R$ and $S$, respectively. Assume that the points $R,E,A,S$ occur on their line in that order. Prove that the points $P,S,Q,R$ lie on a circle.
Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid with bases $AD$ and $BC$, and let $M$ be the midpoint of $CD$. The circumcircle of triangle $BCM$ meets $AC$ and $BD$ again at $E$ and $F$, with $E$ and $F$ distinct, and line $EF$ meets the circumcircle of triangle $AEM$ again at $P$. Prove that $CP$ is parallel to $BD$. [i]Proposed by Ariel García[/i]
In quadrilateral $ABCD$ the sides $AB$ and $CD$ are parallel. Let $M$ be the midpoint of diagonal $AC$. Suppose that triangles $ABM$ and $ACD$ have equal area. Prove that $DM // BC$.
Given the trapezoid $ABCD$ with the $BC\parallel AD$, let $C_1$ and $C_2$ be circles with diameters $AB$ and $CD$ respectively. Let $M$ and $N$ be the intersection points of $C_1$ with $AC$ and $BD$ respectively. Let $K$ and $L$ be the intersection points of $C_2$ with $AC$ and $BD$ respectively. Given $M\ne A$, $N\ne B$, $K\ne C$, $L\ne D$. Prove that $NK \parallel ML$.
In the triangle $ABC$, the heights $AA_1$ and $BB_1$ are drawn. On the side $AB$, points $M$ and $K$ are chosen so that $B_1K\parallel BC$ and $A_1 M\parallel AC$. Prove that the angle $AA_1K$ is equal to the angle $BB_1M$.
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with circumcenter $O$, and let $D$, $E$, and $F$ be the feet of altitudes from $A$, $B$, and $C$ to sides $BC$, $CA$, and $AB$, respectively. Denote by $P$ the intersection of the tangents to the circumcircle of $ABC$ at $B$ and $C$. The line through $P$ perpendicular to $EF$ meets $AD$ at $Q$, and let $R$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $A$ to $EF$. Prove that $DR$ and $OQ$ are parallel.
In a circle $O$, there are six points, $A,B,C,D,E, F$ in a counterclockwise order. $BD \perp CF$, and $CF,BE,AD$ are concurrent. Let the perpendicular from $B$ to $AC$ be $M$, and the perpendicular from $D$ to $CE$ be $N$. Prove that $AE // MN$.
Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram with center $O$ such that $\angle BAD <90^o$ and $\angle AOB> 90^o$. Consider points $A_1$ and $B_1$ on the rays $OA$ and $OB$ respectively, such that $A_1B_1$ is parallel to $AB$ and $\angle A_1B_1C = \frac12 \angle ABC$. Prove that $A_1D$ is perpendicular to $B_1C$.
Two parallel chords $AB$ and $CD$ are drawn in a circle with center $O$. Circles with diameters $AB$ and $CD$ intersect at point $P$. Prove that the midpoint of the segment $OP$ is equidistant from lines $AB$ and $CD$.
Let two circles be externally tangent at point $C$, with parallel diameters $A_1A_2, B_1B_2$ (i.e. the quadrilateral $A_1B_1B_2A_2$ is a trapezoid with bases $A_1A_2$ and $B_1B_2$ or parallelogram). Circle with the center on the common internal tangent to these two circles, passes through the intersection point of lines $A_1B_2$ and $A_2B_1$ as well intersects those lines at points $M, N$. Prove that the line $MN$ is perpendicular to the parallel diameters $A_1A_2, B_1B_2$. (Yuri Biletsky)
Given is a cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ with $|AB| = |BC|$. Point $E$ is on the arc $CD$ where $A$ and $B$ are not on. Let $P$ be the intersection point of $BE$ and $CD$ , let $Q$ be the intersection point of $AE$ and $BD$ . Prove that $PQ \parallel AC$.
A polygon is called [i]good [/i] if it satisfies the following conditions: (i) All its angles are in $(0,\pi)$ or in $(\pi ,2\pi)$, (ii) It is not self-intersecing, (iii) For any three sides, two are parallel and equal. Find all $n$ for which there exists a [i]good [/i] $n$-gon.
Show that the planes $ACG$ and $BEH$ defined by the vertices of the cube shown in Figure are parallel. What is their distance if the edge length of the cube is $1$ meter? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/c/9/21585f6c462e4289161b4a29f8805c3f63ff3e.png[/img]
The convex pentagon $ABCDE$ is cyclic and $AB = BD$. Let point $P$ be the intersection of the diagonals $AC$ and $BE$. Let the straight lines $BC$ and $DE$ intersect at point $Q$. Prove that the straight line $PQ$ is parallel to the diagonal $AD$.
Prove that if the sides $a, b, c$ of a non-equilateral triangle satisfy $a + b = 2c$, then the line passing through the incenter and centroid is parallel to one of the sides of the triangle.
On the circle $k$, the points $A,B$ are given, while $AB$ is not the diameter of the circle $k$. Point $C$ moves along the long arc $AB$ of circle $k$ so that the triangle $ABC$ is acute. Let $D,E$ be the feet of the altitudes from $A, B$ respectively. Let $F$ be the projection of point $D$ on line $AC$ and $G$ be the projection of point $E$ on line $BC$. (a) Prove that the lines $AB$ and $FG$ are parallel. (b) Determine the set of midpoints $S$ of segment $FG$ while along all allowable positions of point $C$.
In an acute-angled triangle $ABC$, the point $O$ is the center of the circumcircle, and the point $H$ is the orthocenter. It is known that the lines $OH$ and $BC$ are parallel, and $BC = 4OH $. Find the value of the smallest angle of triangle $ ABC $. (Black Maxim)
Given a triangle $ABC$ inscribed in circle $(O)$ and let $P$ be a point on the interior angle bisector of $BAC$. $PB$, $PC$ cut $CA$, $AB$ at $E,F$ respectively. Let $EF$ meet $(O)$ at $M,N$. The line that is perpendicular to $PM$, $PN$ at $M,N$ respectively intersect $(O)$ at $S, T$ different from $M,N$. Prove that $ST \parallel BC$.
The plane has been partitioned into $N$ regions by three bunches of parallel lines. What is the least number of lines needed in order that $N > 1981$?
Given three parallel lines, prove that there are three points, one on each line, which are the vertices of an equilateral triangle.