Olympiad problems

1959 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 1

Construct a triangle $ABC$ with the right angle at vertex $C$ given lengths of its medians $m_a$, $m_b$. Discuss conditions of solvability.

2015 EGMO, 1

Tags: geometry , triangle , tangent

Let $\triangle ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle, and let $D$ be the foot of the altitude from $C.$ The angle bisector of $\angle ABC$ intersects $CD$ at $E$ and meets the circumcircle $\omega$ of triangle $\triangle ADE$ again at $F.$ If $\angle ADF = 45^{\circ}$, show that $CF$ is tangent to $\omega .$

1996 IMO, 2

Tags: geometry , incenter , triangle , concurrency , angle

Let $ P$ be a point inside a triangle $ ABC$ such that \[ \angle APB \minus{} \angle ACB \equal{} \angle APC \minus{} \angle ABC. \] Let $ D$, $ E$ be the incenters of triangles $ APB$, $ APC$, respectively. Show that the lines $ AP$, $ BD$, $ CE$ meet at a point.

2007 German National Olympiad, 4

Tags: arithmetic sequence , geometry , triangle , angle

Find all triangles such that its angles form an arithmetic sequence and the corresponding sides form a geometric sequence.

2007 Germany Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: incenter , triangle , midpoint , congruent triangles , geometry

A point $D$ is chosen on the side $AC$ of a triangle $ABC$ with $\angle C < \angle A < 90^\circ$ in such a way that $BD=BA$. The incircle of $ABC$ is tangent to $AB$ and $AC$ at points $K$ and $L$, respectively. Let $J$ be the incenter of triangle $BCD$. Prove that the line $KL$ intersects the line segment $AJ$ at its midpoint.

2004 Switzerland Team Selection Test, 3

Tags: geometry , incenter , circumcircle , triangle

Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AC=BC$, whose incentre is $I$. Let $P$ be a point on the circumcircle of the triangle $AIB$ lying inside the triangle $ABC$. The lines through $P$ parallel to $CA$ and $CB$ meet $AB$ at $D$ and $E$, respectively. The line through $P$ parallel to $AB$ meets $CA$ and $CB$ at $F$ and $G$, respectively. Prove that the lines $DF$ and $EG$ intersect on the circumcircle of the triangle $ABC$. [i]Proposed by Hojoo Lee, Korea[/i]

1973 IMO Shortlist, 14

Tags: geometry , triangle inequality , minimization , triangle , optimization

A soldier needs to check if there are any mines in the interior or on the sides of an equilateral triangle $ABC.$ His detector can detect a mine at a maximum distance equal to half the height of the triangle. The soldier leaves from one of the vertices of the triangle. Which is the minimum distance that he needs to traverse so that at the end of it he is sure that he completed successfully his mission?

2004 India IMO Training Camp, 3

Tags: geometry , coordinate geometry , circles , coordinates , triangle , combinatorics

Every point with integer coordinates in the plane is the center of a disk with radius $1/1000$. (1) Prove that there exists an equilateral triangle whose vertices lie in different discs. (2) Prove that every equilateral triangle with vertices in different discs has side-length greater than $96$. [i]Radu Gologan, Romania[/i] [hide="Remark"] The "> 96" in [b](b)[/b] can be strengthened to "> 124". By the way, part [b](a)[/b] of this problem is the place where I used [url=http://mathlinks.ro/viewtopic.php?t=5537]the well-known "Dedekind" theorem[/url]. [/hide]

2019 Adygea Teachers' Geometry Olympiad, 2

Tags: geometry , triangle

Inside the triangle $T$ there are three other triangles that do not have common points. Is it true that one can choose such a point inside $T$ and draw three rays from it so that the triangle breaks into three parts, in each of which there will be one triangle?

2005 IMO Shortlist, 2

Tags: geometry , ratio , triangle , concurrency

Six points are chosen on the sides of an equilateral triangle $ABC$: $A_1$, $A_2$ on $BC$, $B_1$, $B_2$ on $CA$ and $C_1$, $C_2$ on $AB$, such that they are the vertices of a convex hexagon $A_1A_2B_1B_2C_1C_2$ with equal side lengths. Prove that the lines $A_1B_2$, $B_1C_2$ and $C_1A_2$ are concurrent. [i]Bogdan Enescu, Romania[/i]

1962 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 4

Tags: geometry , triangle

There are given a triangle and some internal point $P$. $x,y,z$ are distances from $P$ to the vertices $A,B$ and $C$. $p,q,r$ are distances from $P$ to the sides $BC,CA,AB$ respectively. Prove that: $$xyz\ge(q+r)(r+p)(p+q).$$

1969 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 4

Tags: geometry , triangle

Find the sides of a triangle if it is known that the inscribed circle meets one of its medians in two points and these points divide the median into three equal segments and the area of the triangle is equal to $6\sqrt{14}\text{ cm}^2$.

2005 Moldova Team Selection Test, 2

Tags: geometry , circumcircle , homothety , triangle

Let $O$ be the circumcenter of an acute-angled triangle $ABC$ with ${\angle B<\angle C}$. The line $AO$ meets the side $BC$ at $D$. The circumcenters of the triangles $ABD$ and $ACD$ are $E$ and $F$, respectively. Extend the sides $BA$ and $CA$ beyond $A$, and choose on the respective extensions points $G$ and $H$ such that ${AG=AC}$ and ${AH=AB}$. Prove that the quadrilateral $EFGH$ is a rectangle if and only if ${\angle ACB-\angle ABC=60^{\circ }}$. [i]Proposed by Hojoo Lee, Korea[/i]

1965 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 3

Tags: geometry , angle bisector , circumcircle , triangle

In the triangle $ABC$, angle bisector $CD$ intersects the circumcircle of $ABC$ at the point $K$. (a) Prove the equalities: $$\frac1{ID}-\frac1{IK}=\frac1{CI},\enspace\frac{CI}{ID}-\frac{ID}{DK}=1$$where $I$ is the center of the inscribed circle of triangle $ABC$. (b) On the segment $CK$ some point $P$ is chosen whose projections on $AC,BC,AB$ respectively are $P_1,P_2,P_3$. The lines $PP_3$ and $P_1P_2$ intersect at a point $M$. Find the locus of $M$ when $P$ moves around segment $CK$.

1991 IMO Shortlist, 8

Tags: combinatorics , point set , triangle , combinatorial geometry

$ S$ be a set of $ n$ points in the plane. No three points of $ S$ are collinear. Prove that there exists a set $ P$ containing $ 2n \minus{} 5$ points satisfying the following condition: In the interior of every triangle whose three vertices are elements of $ S$ lies a point that is an element of $ P.$

1987 Spain Mathematical Olympiad, 3

Tags: combinatorial geometry , triangle , combinatorics , tiling

A given triangle is divided into $n$ triangles in such a way that any line segment which is a side of a tiling triangle is either a side of another tiling triangle or a side of the given triangle. Let $s$ be the total number of sides and $v$ be the total number of vertices of the tiling triangles (counted without multiplicity). (a) Show that if $n$ is odd then such divisions are possible, but each of them has the same number $v$ of vertices and the same number $s$ of sides. Express $v$ and $s$ as functions of $n$. (b) Show that, for $n$ even, no such tiling is possible

2018 EGMO, 1

Tags: geometry , triangle , circles

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $CA=CB$ and $\angle{ACB}=120^\circ$, and let $M$ be the midpoint of $AB$. Let $P$ be a variable point of the circumcircle of $ABC$, and let $Q$ be the point on the segment $CP$ such that $QP = 2QC$. It is given that the line through $P$ and perpendicular to $AB$ intersects the line $MQ$ at a unique point $N$. Prove that there exists a fixed circle such that $N$ lies on this circle for all possible positions of $P$.

2005 Federal Math Competition of S&M, Problem 3

Tags: geometry , triangle

In a triangle $ABC$, $D$ is the orthogonal projection of the incenter $I$ onto $BC$. Line $DI$ meets the incircle again at $E$. Line $AE$ intersects side $BC$ at point $F$. Suppose that the segment IO is parallel to $BC$, where $O$ is the circumcenter of $\triangle ABC$. If $R$ is the circumradius and $r$ the inradius of the triangle, prove that $EF=2(R-2r)$.

1967 IMO Shortlist, 5

Tags: counting , triangle inequality , combinatorics , triangle

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Find the maximal number of non-congruent triangles whose sides lengths are integers $\leq n.$

1975 IMO, 3

Tags: trigonometry , triangle , angle , geometry

In the plane of a triangle $ABC,$ in its exterior$,$ we draw the triangles $ABR, BCP, CAQ$ so that $\angle PBC = \angle CAQ = 45^{\circ}$, $\angle BCP = \angle QCA = 30^{\circ}$, $\angle ABR = \angle RAB = 15^{\circ}$. Prove that [b]a.)[/b] $\angle QRP = 90\,^{\circ},$ and [b]b.)[/b] $QR = RP.$

2024 Israel National Olympiad (Gillis), P4

Tags: triangle , circumcenter , geometric transformation , reflection , concurrency , geometry

Acute triangle $ABC$ is inscribed in a circle with center $O$. The reflections of $O$ across the three altitudes of the triangle are called $U$, $V$, $W$: $U$ over the altitude from $A$, $V$ over the altitude from $B$, and $W$ over the altitude from $C$. Let $\ell_A$ be a line through $A$ parallel to $VW$, and define $\ell_B$, $\ell_C$ similarly. Prove that the three lines $\ell_A$, $\ell_B$, $\ell_C$ are concurrent.

1989 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 1

Tags: geometry , triangle

In triangle $ABC$, point $O$ is the center of the excircle touching the side $BC$, while the other two excircles touch the sides $AB$ and $AC$ at points $M$ and $N$ respectively. A line through $O$ perpendicular to $MN$ intersects the line $BC$ at $P$. Determine the ratio $AB/AC$, given that the ratio of the area of $\triangle ABC$ to the area of $\triangle MNP$ is $2R/r$, where $R$ is the circumradius and $r$ the inradius of $\triangle ABC$.

2003 Spain Mathematical Olympiad, Problem 3

Tags: triangle , geometry

The altitudes of the triangle ${ABC}$ meet in the point ${H}$. You know that ${AB = CH}$. Determine the value of the angle $\widehat{BCA}$.

2017 OMMock - Mexico National Olympiad Mock Exam, 2

Tags: combinatorics , board , game , triangle

Alice and Bob play on an infinite board formed by equilateral triangles. In each turn, Alice first places a white token on an unoccupied cell, and then Bob places a black token on an unoccupied cell. Alice's goal is to eventually have $k$ white tokens on a line. Determine the maximum value of $k$ for which Alice can achieve this no matter how Bob plays. [i]Proposed by Oriol Solé[/i]

1985 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 5

Tags: triangle , geometry

Let $P$ be a point on the median $CM$ of a triangle $ABC$ with $AC\ne BC$ and the acute angle $\gamma$ at $C$, such that the bisectors of $\angle PAC$ and $\angle PBC$ intersect at a point $Q$ on the median $CM$. Determine $\angle APB$ and $\angle AQB$.