Baltic Way 2010 · Problem 13
Geometry
In an acute triangle , the segment is an altitude and is the orthocentre. Given that the circumcentre of the triangle lies on the line containing the bisector of the angle , determine all possible values of .
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Topics
Angles and distances · Triangles and centers
Solutions
Solution
The value is . Denote by the line containing the angle bisector of , and let be the point where the ray intersects the circumcircle of the triangle again. The rays and are symmetric with respect to by the definition of . On the other hand, if the circumcenter of lies on , then the circumcircle is symmetric with respect to . It follows that the intersections of the rays and with the circle, which are and , are symmetric with respect to . Moreover, since , we conclude that . However, as lies on the circumcircle of , we have
This proves that the points and are symmetric with respect to the line . Thus and the triangle is equilateral. Finally, .
Contest context
Results from Baltic Way 2010
10 teams
- Mean score
- 2.0 / 5
- Scores of 4 or 5
- 4 / 10
- Estonia
- 0 / 5
Score distribution
All team scores
| Team | Score |
|---|---|
| Poland | 5 / 5 |
| Lithuania | 5 / 5 |
| Germany | 5 / 5 |
| Latvia | 0 / 5 |
| Denmark | 0 / 5 |
| Sweden | 0 / 5 |
| Estonia | 0 / 5 |
| Norway | 0 / 5 |
| Finland | 0 / 5 |
| Iceland | 5 / 5 |