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Geometry Marathon
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Edited by Ercole Suppa1
March 21,2011
1. Inradius of a triangle, with integer sides, is equal to 1. Find the sides of

the triangle and prove that one of its angle is 90 .
2. Let O be the circumcenter of an acute triangle ABC and let k be the
circle with center S that is tangent to O at A and tangent to side BC at
D. Circle k meets AB and AC again at E and F respectively. The lines
OS and ES meet k again at I and G. Lines BO and IG intersect at H.
Prove that
DF 2
.
GH =
AF
3. ABCD is parellelogram and a straight line cuts AB at
AD
4 and AC at x AC. Find x.
AB
3
and AD at
4. In 4ABC, BAC = 120 . Let AD be the angle bisector of BAC.

Express AD in terms of AB and BC.
5. In a triangle ABC, AD is the feet of perpendicular to BC. The inradii of
ADC, ADB and ABC are x, y, z. Find the relation between x, y, z.
6. Prove that the third pedal triangle is similar to the original triangle.
7. ABCDE is a regular pentagon and P is a point on the minor arc AB.
Prove that P A + P B + P D = P C + P E.
8. Two congruent equilateral triangles, one with red sides and one with blue
sides overlap so that their sides intersect at six points, forming a hexagon.
If r1 , r2 , r3 , b1 , b2 , b3 are the red and blue sides of the hexagon respectively,
prove that
(a) r12 + r22 + r32 = b21 + b22 + b23
(b) r1 + r2 + r3 = b1 + b2 + b3
9. if in a quadrilateral ABCD, AB + CD = BC + AD. Prove that the angle
bisectors are concurrent at a point which is equidistant from the sides of
the sides of the quadrilateral.
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10. In a triangle with sides a, b, c, let r and R be the inradius and circumradius
respectively. Prove that for all such non-degenerate triangles,
2rR =
abc
a+b+c
11. Prove that the area of any non degenerate convex quadrilateral in the
cartesian plane which has an incircle is given by = rs where r is the
inradius and s is the semiperimeter of the polygon.
12. Let ABC be a equilateral triangle with side a. M is a point such that
M S = d, where S is the circumcenter of ABC. Prove that the area of the
triangle whose sides are M A, M B, M C is
2
3|a 3d2 |
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13. Prove that in a triangle,
SI12 = R2 + 2Rra
14. Find the locus of P in a triangle if P A2 = P B 2 + P C 2 .
15.
16. In an acute triangle ABC, let the orthocenter be H and let its projection
on the median from A be X. Prove that BHXC is cyclic.
17. If ABC is a right triangle with A = 90 , if the incircle meets BC at X,
prove that [ABC] = BX XC.
18. n regular polygons in a plane are such that they have a common vertex O
and they fill the space around O completely. The n regular polygons have
a1 , a2 , , an sides not necessarily in that order. Prove that
n
X
1
n2
=
a
2
i=1 i
19. Let the equation of a circle be x2 + y 2 = 100. Find the number of points
(a, b) that lie on the circle such that a and b are both integers.
20. S is the circumcentre of the 4ABC. 4DEF is the orthic triangle of
4ABC. Prove that SA is perpendicular to EF , SB is the perpendicular
to DF and SC is the perpendicular to DE.
21. ABCD is a parallelogram and P is a point inside it such that AP B +
CP D = 180 . Prove that
AP CP + BP DP = AB BC
2
22. ABC is a non degenerate equilateral triangle and P is the point diametrically opposite to A in the circumcircle. Prove that P A P B P C = 2R3
where R is the circumradius.
23. In a triangle, let R denote the circumradius, r denote the inradius and A
denote the area. Prove that:
9r2 A 3 r(4R + r)
with equality if, and only if, the triangle is equilateral.
23. If in a triangle, O, H, I have their usual meanings, prove that
2 OI IH
24. In acute angled triangle ABC, the circle with diameter AB intersects the
altitude CC 0 and its extensions at M and N and the circle with diameter
AC intersects the altitude BB 0 and its extensions at P and Q. Prove that
M , N , P , Q are concyclic.
25. Given circles C1 and C2 which intersect at points X and Y , let `1 be a line
through the centre of C1 which intersects C2 at points P , Q. Let `2 be a
line through the centre of C2 which intersects C1 at points R, S. Show
that if P , Q, R, S lie on a circle then the centre of this circle lies on XY .
26. From a point P outside a circle, tangents are drawn to the circle, and the
points of tangency are B, D. A secant through P intersects the circle at
A, C. Let X, Y , Z be the feet of the altitudes from D to BC, A, AB
respectively. Show that XY = Y Z.
27. 4ABC is acute and ha , hb , hc denote its altitudes. R, r, r0 denote the
radii of its circumcircle, incircle and incircle of its orthic triangle (whose
vertices are the feet of its altitudes). Prove the relation:
ha + hb + hc = 2R + 4r + r0 +
r2
R
28. In a triangle 4ABC, points D, E, F are marked on sides BC, CA, AC,
respectively, such that
BD
CE
AF
=
=
=2
DC
EA
FB
Show that
(a) The triangle formed by the lines AD, BE, CF has an area 1/7 that
of 4ABC.
(b) (Generalisation) If the common ratio is k (greater than 1) then the
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triangle formed by the lines AD, BE, CF has an area k(k1)
2 +k+1 that
of 4ABC.
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29. Let AD , the altitude of 4ABC meet the circum-circle at D0 . Prove that
the Simsons line of D0 is parallel to the tangent drawn from A.
30. Point P is inside 4ABC. Determine points D on side AB and E on side
AC such that BD = CE and P D + P E is minimum.
31. Prove this result analogous to the Euler Line. In triangle 4ABC, let G,
I, N be the centroid, incentre, and Nagel point, respectively. Show that,
(a) I, G, N lie on a line in that order, and that N G = 2 IG.
(b) If P, Q, R are the midpoints of BC, CA, AB respectively, then the
incentre of 4P QR is the midpoint of IN .
32. The cyclic quadrialteral ABCD satisfies AD + BC = AB. Prove that the
internal bisectors of ADC and BCD intersect on AB.
33. Let ` be a line through the orthocentre H of a triangle 4ABC. Prove
that the reflections of ` across AB, BC, CA pass through a common point
lying on the circumcircle of 4ABC.
34. If circle O with radius r1 intersect the sides of triangle ABC in six points.
Prove that r1 r, where r is the inradius.
35. Construct a right angled triangle given its hypotenuse and the fact that
the median falling on hypotenuse is the geometric mean of the legs of the
triangle.
36. Find the angles of the triangle which satisfies R(b + c) = a bc where a,
b, c, R are the sides and the circumradius of the triangle.
37. (MOP 1998) Let ABCDEF be a cyclic hexagon with AB = CD = EF .
Prove that the intersections of AC with BD, of CE with DF , and of EA
with F B form a triangle similar to 4BDF .
38. 4ABC is right-angled and assume that the perpendicular bisectors of
BC, CA, AB cut its incircle (I) at three chords. Show that the lenghts
of these chords form a right-angled triangle.
38. We have a trapezoid ABCD with the bases AD and BC. AD = 4,
BC = 2, AB = 2. Find possible values of ACD.
39. Find all convex polygons such that one angle is greater than the sum of
the other angles.
40. If A1 A2 A3 An is a regular n-gon and P is any point on its circumcircle,
then prove that
(i) P A21 + P A22 + P A23 + + P A2n is constant;
(ii) P A41 + P A42 + P A43 + + P A4n is constant.
41. In a triangle ABC the incircle touches the sides BC, CA,AD at D, E,
F respectively. Let P be any point within and let the segments AP ,
BP , CP meet at X, Y , Z respectively. Prove that DX, EY , F Z are
concurrent.
42. ABCD is a convex quadrilateral which has incircle (I, r) and circumcircle
(O, R), show that:
2R2 IA IC + IB ID 4r2
43. Let P be any point in 4ABC. Let AP , BP , CP meet the circumcircle
of 4ABC again at A1 , B1 , C1 respectively. A2 , B2 , C2 are the reflections
of A1 , B1 , C1 about the sides BC, AC, AB respectively. Prove that the
circumcircle of 4A2 B2 C2 passes through a fixed point independent of P .
44. A point P inside a circle is such that there are three chords of the same
length passing through P . Prove that P is the center of the circle.
45. ABC is right-angled with BAC = 90 . H is the orthogonal projection
of A on BC. Let r1 and r2 be the inradii of the triangles 4ABH and
4ACH. Prove
q
AH = r1 + r2 +
r12 + r22
46. Let ABC be a right angle triangle with BAC = 90 . Let D be a point
on BC such that the inradius of 4BAD is the same as that of 4CAD.
Prove that AD2 is the area of 4ABC.
47. is an arbitrary tangent to the circumcircle of 4ABC and X, Y , Z are
the orthogonal projections of A, B, C on . Prove that with appropiate
choice of signs we have:
BC AX CA BY AB CZ = 0
48. Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral such that AB + BC = CD + DA.
Let I, J be the incentres of 4BCD and 4DAB respectively. Prove that
AC, BD, IJ are concurrent.
49. 4ABC is equilateral with side lenght L. P is a variable point on its
incircle and A0 , B 0 , C 0 are the orthogonal projections of P onto BC, CA,
AB. Define 1 , 2 , 3 as the circles tangent to the circumcircle of 4ABC
at its minor arcs BC, CA, AB and tangent to BC, CA, AB at A0 , B 0 , C 0
respectively. ij stands for the lenght of the common external tangent of
the circles i , j . Show that 12 + 23 + 31 is constant and compute such
value.
50. It is given a triangle 4ABC with AB 6= AC. Construct a tangent line
to its incircle (I) which meets AC, AB at X, Y such that:
AX
AY
+
= 1.
XC
YB
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51. In 4ABC, AB + AC = 3 BC. Let the incentre be I and the incircle be

tangent to AB, AC at D, E respectively. Let D0 , E 0 be the reflections of
D, E about I. Prove that BCD0 E 0 is cyclic.
52. 4ABC has incircle (I, r) and circumcircle (O, R). Prove that, there exists
a common tangent line to the circumcircles of 4OBC, 4OCA and 4OAB
if and only if:
R
= 2+1
r
53. In a 4ABC,prove that
a AI 2 + b BI 2 + c CI 2 = abc
54. In cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, ABC = 90 and AB = BC. If the area
of ABCD is 50, find the length BD.
55. Given four points A, B, C, D in a straight line, find a point O in the same
straight line such that OA : OB = OC : OD.
56. Let the incentre of 4ABC be I and the incircle be tangent to BC, AC
at E, D. Let M , N be midpoints of AB, AC. Prove that BI, ED, M N
are concurrent.
57. let O and H be circumcenter and orthocenter of ABC respectively. The
perpendicular bisector of AH meets AB and AC at D and E respectively.
Show that AOD = AOE.
58. Given a semicircle with diameter AB and center O and a line, which intersects the semicircle at C and D and line AB at M (M B < M A, M D <
M C). Let K be the second point of intersection of the circumcircles of
4AOC and 4DOB. Prove that M KO = 90 .
59. In the trapezoid ABCD, AB k CD and the diagonals intersect at O. P ,
Q are points on AD and BC respectively such that AP B = CP D and
AQB = CQD. Show that OP = OQ.
60. In cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, ACD = 2BAC and ACB = 2DAC.
Prove that BC + CD = AC.
61. 4ABC is right with hypotenuse BC. P lies on BC and the parallels
through P to AC, AB meet the circumferences with diameters P C, P B
again at U , V respectively. Ray AP cuts the circumcircle of 4ABC at
D. Show that U DV = 90 .
62. Let ABEF and ACGH be squares outside 4ABC. Let M be the
midpoint of EG. Show that 4M BC is an isoceles right triangle.
63. The three squares ACC1 A00 , ABB10 A0 , BCDE are constructed externally
on the sides of a triangle ABC. Let P be the center of BCDE. Prove
that the lines A0 C, A00 B, P A are concurrent.
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64. For triangle ABC, AB < AC, from point M in AC such that AB +AM =
M C. The straight line perpendicular AC at M cut the bisection of BC
in I. Call N is the midpoint of BC. Prove that is M N perpendicular to
the AI.
65. Let ABC be a triangle with AB 6= AC. Point E is such that AE = BE
and BE BC. Point F is such that AF = CF and CF BC. Let D
be the point on line BC such that AD is tangent to the circumcircle of
triangle ABC. Prove that D, E, F are collinear.
66. Points D, E, F are outside triangle ABC such that DBC = F BA,
DCB = ECA, EAC = F AB. Prove that AD, BE, CF are
concurrent.
67. In 4ABC, C = 90 , and D is the perpendicular from C to AB. is
the circumcircle of 4BCD. 1 is a circle tangent to AC, AB, and . Let
M be the point of tangency of 1 with AB. Show that BM = BC.
68. Acute triangle 4ABC has orthocenter H and semiperimeter s. ra , rb , rc
denote its exradii and %a , %b , %c denote the inradii of triangles 4HBC,
4HCA and 4HAB. Prove that:
ra + rb + rc + %a + %b + %c = 2s
69. The lengths of the altitudes of a triangle are 12,15,20. Find the sides of
the triangle and the area of the triangle?
70. Suppose, in an obtuse angled triangle, the orthic triangle is similar to the
original triangle. What are the angles of the obtuse triangle?
71. In triangle ABC with semiperimeter s, the incircle (I, r) touches side
BC in X. If h represents the lenght of the altitude from vertex A to BC.
Show that
AX 2 = 2r.h + (s a)2
72. Let E, F be on AB, AD of a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD such that AE =
CD and AF = BC. Prove that AC bisects the line EF .
73. Suppose X and Y are two points on side BC of triangle ABC with the
following property: BX = CY and BAX = CAY . Prove AB = AC.
74. ABC is a triangle in which I is its incenter. The incircle is drawn and 3
tangents are drawn to the incircle such that they are parellel to the sides of
ABC. Now, three triangle are formed near the vertices and their incircles
are drawn. Prove that the sum of the radii of the three incircles is equal
to the radius of the the incircle of ABC.
75. With usual notation of I, prove that the Euler lines of 4IBC, 4ICA,
4IAB are concurrent.
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76. Vertex A of 4ABC is fixed and B, C move on two fixed rays Ax, Ay
such that AB + AC is constant. Prove that the loci of the circumcenter,
centroid and orthocenter of 4ABC are three parallel lines.
77. 4ABC has circumcentre O and incentre I. The incentre touches BC,
AC, AB at D, E, F and the midpoints of the altitudes from A, B, C are
P , Q, R. Prove that DP , EQ, F R, OI are concurrent.
78. The incircle of the equilateral triangle 4ABC is tangent to BC, CA,
AB at M , N , L. A tangent line to through its minor arc N L cut AB,
AC at P , Q. Show that:
1
6
1
+
=
[M P B] [M QC]
[ABC]
79. A and B are on a circle with center O such that AOB is a quarter of
the circle. Square OEDC is inscribed in the quarter circle, with E on
OB, D on the circle, and C on OA. Let F be on arc AD such that
CDbisectsF CB. Show that BC = 3 CF .
80. Take a circle with a chord drawn in it, and consider any circle tangent to
both the chord and the minor arc. Let the point of tangency for the small
circle and the chord be X. Also, let the point of tangency for the small
circle and the minor arc be Y . Prove that all lines XY are concurrent.
81. Two circles intersect each other at A and B. Line P T is a common tangent,
where P and T are the points of tangency. Let S be the intersection of
the two tangents to the circumcircle of 4AP T at P and T . Let H be the
reflection of B over P T . Show that A, H, and S are collinear.
82. In convex hexagon ABCDEF , AD = BC + EF , BE = CD + AF and
CF = AB + DE. Prove that
AB
CD
EF
=
=
.
DE
AF
BC
83. The triangle ABC is scalene with AB > AC. M is the midpoint of BC
and the angle bisector of BAC hits the segment BC at D. N is the
perpendicular foot from C to AD. Given that M N = 4 and DM = 2.
Compute the value AM 2 AD2 .
84. A, B, C, and D are four points on a line, in that order. Isoceles triangles
AEB, BF C, and CGD are constructed on the same side of the line, with
AE = EB = BF = F C = CG = GD. H and I are points so that
BEHF and CF IG are rhombi. Finally, J is a point such that F HJI is
a rhombus. Show that JA = JD.
85. A line through the circumcenter O of 4ABC meets sides AB and AC at
M and N , respectively. Let R and S be the midpoints of CM and BN
respectively. Show that BAC = ROS.
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86. Let AB be a chord in a circle and P a point on the circle. Let Q be the
foot of the perpendicular from P to AB, and R and S the feet of the
perpendiculars from P to the tangents to the circle at A and B. Prove
that P Q2 = P R P S.
87. Given a circle with diameter AB, a line outside the circle d is perpendicular to AB closer to B than A. C and D = AC d. A tangent from
D is drawn to Eon such that B, E lie on same side of AC. F = BE d
and G = F A and G0 = F C . Show that the reflection of G across
AB is G0 .
88. 4ABC is acute and its angles , , are measured in radians. S and
S0 represent the area of 4ABC and the area bounded/overlapped by the
three circles with diameters BC, CA, AB respectively. Show that:
S + 2S0 =
b2
c2

a2
+
+
2 2
2 2
2 2
89. Let 4ABC be an isosceles triangle with AB = AC and A = 30 . The

triangle is inscribed in a circle with center O. The point D lies on the
arch between A and C such that DOC = 30 . Let G be the point on
the arch between A and B such that AC = DG and AG < BG. The line
DG intersects AC and AB in E and F respectively.
(a) Prove that 4AF G is equilateral.
(b) Find the ratio between the areas
4AGF
4ABC .
90. Construct a triangle ABC given the lengths of the altitude, median and
inner angle bisector emerging from vertex A.
91. Let P be a point in 4ABC such that
P AC = P BA + P CA.
AB
BC
AP
PC .
Prove that P BC +
92. Point D lies inside the equilateral 4ABC, such that DA2 = DB 2 + DC 2 .
Show that BDC = 150 .
93. (China MO 1998) Find the locus of all points D with respect to a given
triangle 4ABC such that
DA DB AB + DB DC BC + DC DA CA = AB BC CA.
94. Let P be a point in equilateral triangle ABC. If BP C = , CP A = ,
AP B = , find the angles of the triangle with side lengths P A, P B,
P C.
95. Of a ABCD, let P, Q, R, S be the midpoints of the sides AB, BC, CD,
DA. Show that if 4AQR and 4CSP are equilateral, then ABCD is a
rhombus. Also find its angles.
96. In ABC, the incircle touches BC at the point X. A0 is the midpoint of

BC. I is the incentre of ABC. Prove that A0 I bisects AX.
97. In convex quadrilateral ABCD, BAC = 80 , BCA = 60 , DAC =
70 , DCA = 40 . Find DBC.
98. It is given a 4ABC and let X be an arbitrary point inside the triangle. If
XDAB, XEBC, XF AC, where D AB, E BC, F AC, then
prove that:
AX + BX + CX 2(XD + XE + XF )
99. Let A1 , A2 , A3 and A4 be four circles such that the circles A1 and A3 are
tangential at a point P , and the circles A2 and A4 are also tangential at
the same point P . Suppose that the circles A1 and A2 meet at a point
T1 , the circles A2 and A3 meet at a point T2 , the circles A3 and A4 meet
at a point T3 , and the circles A4 and A1 meet at a point T4 , such that all
these four points T1 , T2 , T3 , T4 are distinct from P . Prove that

T1 T2
T1 T4

2
T2 T3
P T2
=
T3 T4
P T4
100. ABCD is a convex quadrilateral such that ADB + ACB = 180 . Its
diagonals AC and BD intersect at M . Show that
AB 2 = AM AC + BM BD
101. Let AH, BM be the altitude and median of triangle ABC from A and B.
If AH = BM , find M BC.
102. P , Q, R are random points in the interior of BC, CA, and AB respectively
of a non-degenerate triangle ABC such that the circumcircles of BP R
and CQP are orthogonal and intersect in M other than P . Prove that
P R M Q, P Q M R, QR M P can be the sides of a right angled triangle.
103. 4ABC is scalene and D is a point on the arc BC of its circumcircle which
doesnt contain A. Perpendicular bisectors of AC, AB cut AD at Q, R.
If P BR CQ, then show that AD = P B + P C.
104. It is given 4ABC and M is the midpoint of the segment AB. Let ` pass
through M and ` AC = K and ` BC = L, such that CK = CL. Let
CDAB, D AB and O is the center of the circle, circumscribed around
4CKL. Prove that OM = OD.
105. Prove that: The locus of points P in the plane of an acute triangle 4ABC
which satisfy that the lenght of segments P A, P B, P C can form a right
triangle is the union of three circumferences, whose centers are the reflections of A, B,
midpoints of BC,
C across the
CA, AB and whose radii
are given by b2 + c2 a2 , a2 + c2 b2 , a2 + b2 c2 .
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106. Let D, E be points on the rays BA, CA respectively such that BA BD +

CA CE = BC 2 . Prove that CDA = BEC.
107. In triangle ABC, M , N , P are points on sides BC, CA, AB respectively
such that perimeter of the triangle M N P is minimal. Prove that triangle
M N P is the orthic triangle of ABC (the triangle formed by the foot of
the perpendiculars on the sides as vertices).
108. Prove that there exists an inversion mapping two non-intersecting circles
into concentric circles.
109. Let , , be three circles concurring at M . AM , BM , CM are the
common chords of , ; , ; and , respectively. AM , BM , CM
intersect , , at P , Q, R respectively. Prove that
AQ BR CP = AR BP CQ
110. In triangle 4ABC, lines `b and `c are perpendicular to BC through vertices B, C respectively. P is a variable point on line BC and the perpendicular lines dropped from P to AB, AC cut `b , `c at U , V respectively.
Show that U V always passes through the orthocenter of 4ABC.
111. Let I be the incenter of triangle ABC and M is the midpoint of BC. The
excircle opposite A touches the side BC at D. Prove that AD k IM .
112. An incircle of ABC triangle tangents BC, CA and AB sides at A1 , B1
and C1 points, respectively. Let O and I be circumcenter and incenter
and OI BC = D. A line through A1 point and perpendicular to B1 C1
cut AD at E. Prove that M point lies on B1 C1 line. (M is midpoint of
EA1 ).
113. Parallels are drawn to the sides of the triangle ABC such that the lines
touch the in-circle of ABC. The lengths of the tangents within ABC
are x, y, z respectively opposite to sides a, b, c respectively. Prove the
relation:
x y z
+ + =1
a
b
c
114. In an acute angled triangle ABC, the points D, E, F are on sides BC,
CA, AB respectively, such that AF E = BF D, F DB = EDC,
DEC = F EA. Prove that DEF is the orthic triangle of ABC.
115. Let be circle and tangents AB, AC sides and circumcircle/internally
and at D point. Prove that circumcenter of 4ABC lies on bisector of
BDC.
116. Construct a triangle with ruler-compass operations, given its inradius,
circumradius and any altitude.
117. Let AD, BM , CH be the angle bisector, median, altitude from A, B, C
of 4ABC. If AD = BM = CH, prove that 4ABC is equilateral.
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118. Consider a triangle ABC with BC = a, CA = b, AB = c and area equal

to 4. Let x, y, zthe distances
from the
orthocenter to the vertices A, B, C.
Prove that if a x + b y + c z = 4 a + b + c, then ABC is equilateral.

119. Suppose that A is the smallest of the three angles of triangle ABC. Let
D be a point on the arc BC of the circumcircle of 4ABC not containing
A. Let the perpendicular bisectors of AB, AC intersect AD at M and N
respectively. Let BM and CN meet at T . Prove that BT + CT 2R
where R is the circumradius of triangle ABC.
120. Points E, F are taken on the side AB of triangle ABC such that the
lengths of CE and CF are both equal to the semiperimeter of the triangle
ABC. Prove that the circumcircle of CEF is tangent to the excircle of
triangle ABC opposite C.
121. Two fixed circles 1 , 2 intersect at A, B. A line ` through A cuts 1 , 2
again at U , V . Show that the perpendicular bisector of U V goes through
a fixed point as line ` spins around A.
122. Let 4ABC be an isosceles triangle with AB = AC. Let X and Y be points
on sides BC and CA such that XY k AB. Let D be the circumcenter of
4CXY and E be the midpoint of BY . Prove that AED = 90 .
123. Tetrahedron ABCD is
featured on ball (centre S, r = 1) and SA SB
SD. Prove that SA > 5.
124. Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral. The lines AB and CD intersect
at the point E, and the diagonals AC and BD at the point F . The
circumcircle of the triangles AF D and BF C intersect again at H. Prove
that EHF = 90 .
125. ABCD is a cyclic and circumscribed quadrilateral whose incircle touches
the sides AB, BC, CD, DA at E, F , G, H. Prove that EG F H.
126. Let be an arbitrary tangent line to the circumcircle (O, R) of 4ABC.
(P ) stands for the distance from point P to . If I, Ia , Ib , Ic denote the
incenter and the three excenters of 4ABC, prove with appropiate choice
of signs that:
(I) (Ia ) (Ib ) (Ic ) = 4R
127. Let ABC be a fixed triangle and , are fixed angles. Let be a variable
angle. Let E, F be points outside 4ABC such that F BA = , F AB =
, ECA = , EAC = . Prove that the intersection of BE, CF lies
on a fixed line independent of .
128. Incircle (I) of 4ABC touches BC, CA, AB at D, E, F and BI, CI cut
CA, AB at M , N . Line M N intersects (I) at two points, let P be one
of these points. Show that the lengths of segments P D, P E, P F form a
right triangle.
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129. Given a triangle ABC with orthocentre H, circumcentre O, incentre I

and D is the tangency point of incircle with BC. Prove that if OI and
BC are parallel, then AO and HD are parallel as well.
AB
AD
130. Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral such that BC
= DC
. The circle
passing through A, B and tangent to AD intersects CB at E. The circle
passing through A, D and tangent to AB intersects CD at F . Prove that
BEF D is cyclic.
131. Given two points A, B and a circle (O) not containing A, B. Consider the
radical axis of an arbitrary circle passing through A, B and (O). Prove
that all such radical axes passes through a fixed point P and construct it.
132. Given a sphere of radius one that tangents the six edges of an arbitrary
tetrahedron. Find the maximum possible volume of the tetrahedron.
133. Let ABC be a triangle for which exists D BC so that AD BC. Denote
r1 , r2 the lengths of inradius for the triangles ABD, ADC respectively.
Prove that
ar1 + (s a)(s c) = ar2 + (s a)(s b) = sr
134. Let M be the midpoint of BC of triangle ABC. Suppose D is a point on
AM . Prove that DBC = DAB if and only if DCB = DAC.
135. P and R are two given points on a circle . Let O be an arbitrary point
on the perpendicular bisector of P R. A circle with centre O intersects OP
and OR at the points M , N respectively. The tangents to this circle at
M and N meet at points Q and S respectively such that P , Q, R, S lie
on in this order. P Q and RS intersect at K. Show that the line joining
the midpoints of P Q and RS is perpendicular to OK.
136. In cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, AB = 8, BC = 6, CD = 5, DA = 12. Let
AB intersect DC at E. Find the length EB.
137. In triangle ABC, let be a circle passing through B and C and intersecting AB and AC at M , N respectively. Prove that the locus of the
midpoint of M N is the A-symmedian of the triangle.
138. Let ABC be a triangle E is the excenter of 4ABC opposite A. If AC +
CB = AB + BE, find ABC.
139. In a given line segment AB, choose an arbitrary point C in the interior.
The point D, E, F are the midpoints of the segments AC, CB and AB
respectively, and consider the point X in the interior of the line segment
CF such that CX
F X = 2. Prove that
BX
AX
=
=2
DX
XE
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140. Diagonals of a convex quadrilateral with an area of Q divide it into four

triangles with appropriate areas P1 , P2 , P3 , P4 . Prove that
P1 P2 P3 P4 =
(P1 + P2 )2 (P2 + P3 )2 (P3 + P4 )2 (P4 + P1 )2

Q4
141. Let the incircle of a triangle 4ABC touches its sides BC, CA, AB at
the points D, E, F respectively. Now, let the line parallel to AB through
E meets DF at Q, and the parallel to AB through D meets EF at T .
Prove that the lines CF , DE, QT are concurrent.
142. ABCDEF is a hexagon whose opposite sides are parallel, this is, AB k
DE, BC k EF and CD k F A. Show that triangles 4ACE and 4BDF
have equal area.
143. Given a circle and a point A outside it. Construct a circle with centre
A orthogonal to .
144. Prove that the circumcircles of the four triangles in a complete quadrilateral meet at a point. (Miquel Point)
145. Prove that the symmedian point of a triangle is the centroid of its pedal
triangle with respect to that triangle.
146. Quadrilateral ABCD is convex with circumcircle (O), O lies inside
ABCD. Its diagonals AC, BD intersect at S and let M , N , L, P be
the orthogonal projections of S onto sides AB, BC, CD, DA. Prove that
[ABCD] 2[M N LP ].
147. Let be a circle in which AB and CD are parallel chords and ` is a line
from C, that intersects AB in its midpoint L and ` = E. K is the
midpoint of DE. Prove that KE is the angle bisector of AKB.
148. Let ABC be an equilateral triangle and D, E be on the same side as C
with the line AB, and BD is between BA, BE. Suppose DBE = 90 ,
EDB = 60 . Let F be the reflection of E about the point C. Prove
that F A AD.
149. In cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, AC BD = 2 AB CD. E is the midpoint
of AC. Prove that circumcircle of ADE is tangential to AB.
150. ABCD is a rhombus with BAD = 60 . Arbitrary line ` through C cuts
the extension of its sides AB, AD at M , N respectively. Prove that lines
DM and BN meet on the circumcircle of 4BAD.
151. Let ABC be a triangle. Prove that there is a line(in the plane of ABC)
such that the intersection of the interior of triangle ABC and interior of
its reflection A0 B 0 C 0 has more than 2/3 the area of triagle ABC.
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152. In triangle ABC, D, E, F are feet of perpendiculars from A, B, C to BC,

AC, AB. Prove that the orthocenter of 4ABC is the incenter of 4DEF .
153. Let ABC be a triangle right-angled at A and be its circumcircle. Let 1
be the circle touching the lines AB and AC, and the circle internally.
Further, let 2 be the circle touching the lines AB and AC and the circle
externally. If r1 , r2 be the radii of 1 , 2 prove that r1 r2 = 4A where
A is the area of the triangle ABC.
154. The points D, E and F are chosen on the sides BC, AC and AB of triangle
ABC, respectively. Prove that triangles ABC and DEF have the same
centroid if and only if
CE
AF
BD
=
=
DC
EA
FB
155. Tangents to a circle form an external point A are drawn meeting the circle
at B, C respectively. A line passing through A meets the circle at D, E
respectively. F is a point on the circle such that BF is parallel to DE.
Prove that F C bisects DE.
156. Let E be the intersection of the diagonals of the convex quadrilateral
ABCD. Define [T ] to be the area of triangle T . If [ABE] + [CDE] =
[BCE] + [DAE], prove that one of the diagonals bisect the other.
157. A line intersects AB, BC, CD, DA of quadrilateral ABCD in the points
K, L, M , N . Prove that
AK BL CM DN
=1
KB LC M D N A
in magnitudes.
158. Let P Q be a chord of a circle. Let the midpoint of P Q be M . Let AB
and CD be two chords passing through M . Let AC and BD meet P Q at
H, K respectively. Prove that
HA.HC
KB.KD
=
2
HM
KM 2
159. Let ABCD be a trapezium with AB k CD. Prove that
(AB 2 +AC 2 BC 2 )(DB 2 +DC 2 BC 2 ) = (BA2 +BD2 AD2 )(CA2 +CD2 AD2 )
160. Given a rectangle ABCD and a point P on its boundary. Let S be the
sum of the distances of P from AC and BD. Prove that S is constant as
P varies on the boundary.
161. Let P and Q be two points on a semicircle whose diameter is XY (P
nearer to X). Join XP and Y Q and let them meet at B. Let the tangents
from P and Q meet at R. Prove that BR is perpendicular to XY .
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162. Let a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD. L is the intersection of AC and BD

and S = AD BC. Let M , N is midpoints of AB, CD. Prove that SL
is a tangent of (M N L).
163. Let ABC be a right triangle with A = 90 . Let D be such that CD
BC. Let O be the midpoint of BC. DO intersect AB at E. Prove that
ECB = ADC + ACD.
164. Given a circle and a point A outside it. A circle 0 passing through A
is tangential to at B. The tangents to 0 at A, B intersect in M . Find
the locus of M .
165. Triangle 4ABC has incircle (I) and circumcircle (O). The circle with
center A and radius AI cuts (O) at X, Y . Show that line XY is tangent
to (I).
166. Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral with circumcircle . Let AB intersect
DC at E. The tangent to at D intersect BC at F . The tangent to
at C intersect AD at G. Prove that E, F , G are collinear.
167. Let ABC is a right triangle with C = 90 . H is the leg of the altitude from
C, M is the mid-point of AB, P is a point in ABC such that AP = AC.
Prove that P M is the bisector of HP B if and only if A = 60 .
168. Two circles w1 and w2 meets at points P, Q. C is any point on w1 different
from P, Q. CP meets w2 at point A. CQ meets w2 at point B. Find locus
for ABC triangles circumcircles centres.
169. Consider a triangle 4ABC with incircle (I) touching its sides BC, CA,
AB at A0 , B0 , C0 respectively. The triangle 4A0 B0 C0 is called the intouch triangle of 4ABC. Likewise, the triangle formed by the points of
tangency of an excircle with the sidelines of 4ABC is called an extouch
triangle. Let S0 , S1 , S2 , S3 denote the areas of the intouch triangle and
the three extouch triangles respectively. Show that:
1
1
1
1
=
+
+
S0
S1
S2
S3
170. Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral such that DAB = 90 and DA =
DC. Let E be on CD such that EA BD. Let F be on BD such that
F C DC. Prove that BC k F E.
171. (China TST 2007) Let be a circle with centre O. Let A, B be two points
on its perimeter, and let CS and CT be two tangents drawn to from
a point C outside the circle. Let M be the midpoint of the minor arc
d M S and M T intersect AB in E, F respectively. The lines passing
AB.
through E, F perpendicular to AB cut OS, OT at X and Y respectively.
Let ` be an arbitrary line cutting at the points P and Q respectively.
Denote R = M P AB. If Z is the circumcentre of triangle P QR, prove
that X, Y , Z are collinear.
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172. Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral such that ABC = ADC. Let
E be the foot of perpendicular from A to BC and F is the foot of perpendicular from A to CD. Let M be the midpoint of BD. Prove that
ME = MF.
173. Let H, K, I be the feet of the altitude from A, B, C of triangle ABC.
Let M , N be the feet of the altitude from K, I of triangle AIK. Let P ,
Q be the point on HI, HK such that AP , AQ be perpendicular to HI,
HK respectively. Prove that M , N , P , Q are collinear.
174. We have a 4ABC with BAC = 90 . D is constructed such that AB =
BD and A, B, D are three different collinear points. X is the foot of the
altitude through A in 4ABC. Y is the midpoint of CX. Construct the
circle with diametre CX. AC intersects again in F and AY intersects
at G, H Prove that DX, CG, HF are concurrent.
175. Let ABCDE be a convex pentagon such that EAB = 90 , EB = ED,
AB = DC and AB k DC. Prove that BED = 2CAB.
176. A straight line intersects the AB, BC internally and AC externally
of triangles ABC in the points D, E, F respectively. Prove that the
midpoints of AE, BF , CD are collinear.
177. Inside an acute triangle ABC is chosen point point K, such that AKC =

2
AB
AK
=
.. where A1 and C1 are the midpoints of BC
2ABC and
KC
BC
and AB. Prove, that K lies on circumcircle of triangle A1 BC1 .
178. M is the midpoint of the side BC of 4ABC and AC = AM +AB. Incircle
(I) of 4ABC cuts A-median AM at X, Y . Show that XIY = 120 .
179. Let ABC be an isosceles triangle with AB = AC. Let P , Q be points on
the side BC such that AP C = 2AQB. Prove that BP = AP + QC.
180. Let BC be a diameter of the circle O and let A be an interior point.
Suppose that BA and CA intersect the circle O at D and E, respectively.
If the tangents to the circle O at E and D intersect at the point M , prove
that AM is perpendicular to BC.
181. Let ABC be triangle and G its centroid. Then for any point M , we have
M A2 + M B 2 + M C 2 = 3M G2 + GA2 + GB 2 + GC 2 .
182. Given two non-intersecting and non-overlapping circles and a point A lying
outside the circles. Prove that there are exactly four circles(straight lines
are also considered as circles) touching the given two circles and passing
through A.
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183. A non-isosceles triangle ABC is given. The altitude from B meets AC at

E. The line through E perpendicular to the B-median meets AB at F
and BC at G. Prove that EF = EG if, and only if, ABC = 90
184. Given a triangle ABC and a point T on the plane whose projections
on AB, AC are C1 , B1 respectively. B2 is on BT such that AB2 is
perpendicular to BT and C2 is on CT such that AC2 is perpendicular to
CT . Prove that B1 B2 and C1 C2 intersect on BC.
185. Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral with BAD = 60 . Suppose BA =
BC + CD. Prove that either ABD = CBD or ABC = 60 .
186. In a quadrilateral ABCD we have AB k CD and AB = 2 CD. A line `
is perpendicular to CD and contains the point C. The circle with centre
D and radius DA intersects the line ` at points P and Q. Prove that
AP BQ.
187. In triangle ABC, a circle passes through A and B and is tangent to BC.
Also, a circle that passes through B and C is tangent to AB. These two
circles intersect at a point K other than B. If O is the circumcenter of
ABC, prove that BKO = 90 .
188. Four points P, Q, R, S are taken on the sides AB, BC, CD, DA of a
quadrilateral such that
AP BQ CR DS
=1
P B QC RD SA
Prove that P Q and RS intersect on AC.
189. Let D be the midpoint of BC of triangle ABC. Let its incenter be I
and AI intersects BC at E. Let the excircle opposite A touches the side
BC at F . Let M be the midpoint of AF . Prove that AD, F I, EM are
concurrent.
190. 4ABC is scalene and its B and C excircles (Ib ) and (Ic ) are tangent
to sideline BC at U , V . M is the midpoint of BC and P is its orthogonal
projection onto line Ib Ic . Prove that A, U , V , P are concyclic.
191. Let H be the orthocenter of acute 4ABC. Let D, E, F be feet of perpendiculars from A, B, C onto BC, CA, AB respectively. Suppose the
squares constructed outside the triangle on the sides BC, CA, AB has
area Sa , Sb , Sc respectively. Prove that
Sa + Sb + Sc = 2(AH AD + BH BE + CH CF )
192. In rectangle ABCD, E is the midpoint of BC and F is the midpoint of
AD. G is a point on AB (extended if necessary); GF and BD meet at H.
Prove that EF is the bisector of angle GEH.
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193. P is a point in the minor arc BC of the circumcircle of a square ABCD,

prove that
PA + PC
PD
=
PB + PD
PA
194. ABCD is a cyclic trapezoid with AB k CD. M is the midpoint of CD
and AM cuts the circumcircle of ABCD again at E. N is the midpoint
of BE. Show that N E bisects CN D.
195. A line is drawn passing though the centroid of a 4ABC meeting AB and
AC at M and N respectively. Prove that
AM N C + AN M B = AM AN
196. Let the isosceles triangle ABC where AB = AC. The point D belongs to
the side BC and the point E belongs to AC. C = 50 , ABD = 80 and
ABE = 30 , find BED.
197. Let S be the area of 4ABC and BC = a. Let r be its inradius and ra be
its exradius opposite A. Prove that
S=
arra
ra r
198. A line segment AB is divided by internal points K, L such that AL2 =

AK AB. A circle with centre A and radius AL is drawn. For any point
P on the circle, prove that P L bisects KP B.
199. Let 4ABC be a triangle with A = 60 . Let BE and CF be the internal
angle bisectors of B and C with E on AC and F on AB. Let M be
the reflection of A in the line EF . Prove that M lies on BC. (Regional
Olympiad 2010, India)
200. In triangle ABC, Z is a point on the base BC. Lines passing though B
and C that are parallel to AZ meet AC and AB at X, Y respectively.
Prove that:
1
1
1
+
=
BX
CY
AZ
201. Let ABCD be a trapezoid such that AB > CD, AB k CD. Points K
AK
and L lie on the segments AB and CD respectively such that KB
= DL
LC .
Suppose that there are points P and Q on the segment KL satisfying
AP B = BCD and CQD = ABC. Prove that P , Q, B, C are
concyclic.
202. I is the incenter of 4ABC. Let E be on the extension of CA such that
CE = CB + BA and F is on the extension of BA such that BF =
BC + CA. If AD is the diameter of the circumcircle of 4ABC, prove
that DI EF .
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203. ABCD is a parallelogram with diagonals AC, BD. Circle with diameter
AC cuts DB at P , Q and tangent line to through C cuts AB, AD at
X, Y . Prove that points P , Q, X, Y are concyclic.
204. Two triangles have a common inscribed in and circumscribed circle. Sides
of one of them relate to the inscribed circle at the points K, L and M ,
sides of another triangle at points K1 , L1 and M1 . Prove that orthocentres
of traingles KLM and K1 L1 M1 are match.
205. ABCD is a convex quadrilateral with BAD = DCB = 90 . Let X
and Y be the reflections of A and B about BD and AC respectively.
P XC BD and Q DY CA. Show that AC P Q.
206. In triangle ABC, A = 2B = 4C. Prove that
1
1
1
=
+
AB
BC
AC
207. Point P lies inside 4ABC such that P BC = 70 , P CB = 40 ,
P BA = 10 and P CA = 20 . Show that AP BC.
208. The sides of a triangle are positive integers such that the greatest common
divisor of any 2 sides is 1. Prove that no angle is twice of another angle
in the triangle.
209. Two circles with centres A, B intersect on points M , N . Radii AP and BQ
are parallel(on opposite sides of AB). If the common external tangents
meet AB at D and P Q meet AB at C, prove that CN D is a right angle.
210. In an acute triangle 4ABC, the tangents to its circumcircle at A and C
intersect at D, the tangents to its circumcircle at C and B and intersect at
E. AC and BD meet at R while AE and BC meet at P . Let Q and S be
the mid-points of AP and BR respectively. Prove that ABQ = BAS.
211. Two circles 1 and 2 meet at P , Q. Their common external tangent
(closer to Q) touches 1 and 2 at A, B. Line P Q cuts AB at R and the
perpendicular to P Q through Q cuts AB at C. CP cuts 1 again at D
and the parallel to AD through B cuts CP at E. Show that RE CD.
212. Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral such that the angle bisectors of
DAB and ADC intersect at E on BC. Let F be on AD such that
F ED = 90 DAE. If F BE = F DE, prove that
EB 2 + EF ED = EB(EF + ED)
213. Let ABC be a triangle. Let P be a point inside such that BP C =
CP
CB
180 ABC and P
B = BA . Prove that AP B = CP B.
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214. Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral, and let rXY Z denote the inradius of
4XY Z. Prove that
rABC + rCDA = rBCD + rDAB
215. 4ABC is right-angled at A. H is the projection of A onto BC and I1 ,
I2 are the incenters of 4AHB and 4AHC. Circumcircles of 4ABC and
4AI1 I2 intersect at A, P . Show that AP , BC, I1 I2 concur.
216. An ant is crawling on the inside of a cube with side length 6. What is the
shortest distance it has to travel to get from one corner to the opposite
corner?
217. If Ia is the excenter opposite to side A and O is the circumcenter of 4ABC.
Then prove that:
(OIa )2 = R2 + 2Rra
218. The two circles below have equal radii of 4 units each and the distance
between their centers is 6 units. Find the area of the region formed by
common points.
219. Triangle ABC and its mirror reflection A0 B 0 C 0 are arbitrarily placed on
a plane. Prove that the midpoints of the segments AA0 , BB 0 and CC 0 lie
on the same straight line.
220. The convex hexagon ABCDEF is such that
BCA = DEC = F AE = AF B = CBD = EDF
Prove that AB = CD = EF .
221. Let ABC be a triangle such that BC = 2AC. Let the line perpendicular
to AB passing through C intersect the perpendicular bisector of BC at
D. Prove that DA AC.
222. Three circles with centres A, B, C touch each other mutually, say at points
X, Y , Z. Tangents drawn at these points are concurrent (no need to prove
that) at point P such that P X = 4. Find the ratio of the product of radii
to the sum of radii.
223. Hexagon ABCDEF is inscribed in a circle of radius R centered at O; let
AB = CD = EF = R. Prove that the intersection points, other than O,
of the pairs of circles circumscribed about 4BOC, 4DOE and 4F OA
are the vertices of an equilateral triangle with side R.
224. Triangle ABC has circumcenter O and orthocenter H. Points E and F
are chosen on the sides AC and AB such that AE = AO and AF = AH.
Prove that EF = OA.
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225. Let AD, BE, CF be the altitudes of triangle ABC. Show that the triangle
whose vertices are the orthocenters of triangles AEF , BDF , CDE is
congruent to triangle DEF .
226. Suppose `1 and `2 are parallel lines and that the circle touches both `1
and `2 , the circle 1 touches `1 and externally in A and B, respectively.
Circle 2 touches `2 in C, externally in D and 1 externally at E. Prove
that AD and BC intersect in the circumcenter of triangle BDE.
227. 4ABC is scalene and M is the midpoint of BC. Circle with diameter
AM cuts AC, AB at D, E. Tangents to at D, E meet at T . Prove that
T B = T C.
228. Point P lies inside triangle ABC and ABP = ACP . On straight lines
AB and AC, points C1 and B1 are taken so that BC1 : CB1 = CP : BP .
Prove that one of the diagonals of the parallelogram whose two sides lie on
lines BP and CP and two other sides (or their extensions) pass through
B1 and C1 is parallel to BC.
229. Let ABC be a right angled triangle at A. D is a point on CB. Let M be
the midpoint of AD. CM intersects the perpendicular bisector of AB at
E. Prove that BE k DA.
230. Prove that the pedal triangle of the Nine-point centre of a triangle with
angles 75 , 75 , 30 has to be equilateral.
231. 4ABC is right-angled at A. D and E are the feet of the A-altitude
and A-angle bisector. I1 , I2 are the incenters of 4ADB and 4ADC.
Inner angle
bisector of DAE cuts BC and I1 I2 at K, P . Prove that
P K : P A = 2 1.
232. In acute triangle ABC, there exists points D and E on sides AC, AB
respectively satisfying ADE = ABC. Let the angle bisector of A hit
BC at K. P and L are projections of K and A to DE, respectively, and
Q is the midpoint of AL. If the incenter of 4ABC lies on the circumcircle
of 4ADE, prove that P , Q, and the incenter of 4ADE are collinear.
233. Let (O) is the circumcircle ABC. D, E lies on (BC). (U ) touches to AD,
BD at M and intouches (O). (V ) touches to AE, BE at N and intouches
(O). d touches external to (U ) and (V ). P lie on d and d touches to the
circumcircle of BP C. A circle touches to d at P and BC at H. Prove
\
P H is the bisector of M
P N . (BC) be circle with diameter BC.
234. In triangle ABC, the median through vertex I is mi , and the height
through vertex I is hi , for I A, B, C. Prove that if
2 ma 2 mb 2 mc
hb
hc
ha
=1
hb hc
hc ha
ha hb
then ABC is equilateral.
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235. Let D and E are points on sides AB and AC of a 4ABC such that
DE k BC, and P is a point in the interior of 4ADE, P B and P C meet
DE at F and G respectively. Let O and O0 be the circumcenters of 4P DG
and 4P F E respectively. Prove that AP OO0 .
236. Let ABCD be a parallelogram. If E AB and F CD, and provided
that AF DE = X, BF CE = Y , XY AD = L, XY BC = M ;
show that AL = CM .
237. In a triangle ABC, P is a point such that angle P BA = P CA. Let
B 0 , C 0 be the feet of perpendiculars from P onto AB and AC. If M is
the midpoint of BC, the prove that M lies on the perpendicular bisector
of B 0 C 0 .
238. The lines joining the three vertices of triangle ABC to a point in its plane
cut the sides opposite verticea A, B, C in the points K, L, M respectively.
A line through M parallel to KL cuts BC at V and AK at W . Prove
that V M = M W .
239. Let ABCD be a parallelogram. Let M AB, N BC and denote by P ,
Q, R the midpoints of DM , M N , N D, respectively. Show that the lines
AP , BQ, CR are concurrent.
240. Let (O1), (O2) touch the circle (O) internally at M , N . The internal
common tangent of (O1 ) and (O2 ) cut (O) at E, F , R, S. The external
common tangent of (O1 ), (O2 ) cut (O) at A, B. Prove that AB k EF or
AB k SR.
241. Let H be the orthocenter of the triangle ABC. For a point L, denote the
points M , N , P are chosen on BC, CA, AB, respectively, such that HM ,
HN , HP are perpendicular to AL, BL, CL, respectively. Prove that M ,
N , P are collinear and HL is perpendicular to M P .
242. The bisector of each angle of a triangle intersects the opposite side at a
point equidistant from the midpoints of the other two sides of the triangle.
Find all such triangles.
243. ABCD trapezoids bases are AB, CD with CD = 2 AB. There are P , Q
BQ
DP
= 2;
= 3 : 4. Find ratio of ABQP ,
points on AD, BC sides and
PA
QC
CDP Q quadrilaterals areas.
244. In convex quadrilateral ABCD we found two points K and L, lying on segments AB and BC, respectively, such that ADK = CDL. Segments
AL and CK intersects in P . Prove, that ADP = BDC.
245. Let ABCD be a parallelogram and P is a point inside such that P AB =
P CB. Prove that P BC = P DC.
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246. Consider a triangle ABC and let M be the midpoint of the side BC.
Suppose M AC = ABC and BAM = 105 . Find the measure of
ABC.
247. Let AA1 , BB1 , CC1 be the altitudes of acute angled triangle ABC; OA ,
OB , OB are the incenters of triangles AB1 C1 , BC1 A1 , CA1 B1 , respectively; TA , TB , TC are the points of tangent of incircle of triangle ABC
with sides BC, CA, AB respectively. Prove, that all sides of hexagon
TA OC TB OA TC OB are equal.
248. Let ABC be a triangle and P is a point inside. Let AP intersect BC at D.
The line through D parallel to BP intersects the circumcircle of 4ADC
at E. The line through D parallel to CP intersects the circumcircle of
4ADB at F . Let X be a point on DE and Y is a point on DF such that
DCX = BP D and DBY = CP D. Prove that XY k EF .
249. Prove that if N , O is the isogonal conjugate of the nine-point centre of
4ABC and the circumcentre of 4ABC respectively, then A, N , M are
collinear, where M is the circumcentre of 4BOC.
250. So heres easy one in using vectors. ABCDE is convex pentagon with
S area. Let a, b, c, d, e are area of 4ABC, 4BCD, 4CDE, 4DEA,
4EAB. Prove that:
S 2 S(a + b + c + d + e) + ab + bc + cd + de + ea = 0
251. ABC is a triangle with circumcentre O and orthocentre H. Ha , Hb , Hc
are the foot of the altitudes from A, B, C respectively. A1 , A2 , A3 are
the circumcentres of the triangles BOC, COA, AOB respectively. Prove
that Ha A1 , Hb A2 , Hc A3 concurr on the Eulers line of triangle ABC.
252. The incircle (I) of a given scalene triangle ABC touches its sides BC,
CA, AB at A1 , B1 , C1 , respectively. Denote B , C the incircles of
quadrilaterals BA1 IC1 and CA1 IB1 , respectively. Prove that the internal
common tangent of B and C different from IA1 passes through A.
253. Let 1 , 2 be 2 circles externally tangent to a circle at A, B respectively.
Prove that AB and the common external tangents of 1 , 2 are concurrent.
254. Let AC and BD be two chords of a circle that intersect at P . A smaller
circle 1 is tangent to at T and AP and DP at E, F respectively. (Note
that the circle 1 will lie on the same side of A, D with respect to P .)
of , and if I is the incentre of ACD, show
Prove that T E bisects ABC
that F = 1 EI = DF is tangent to 1 .
255. Assume that the point H is the orthocenter of the given triangle ABC
and P is an arbitrary point on the circumcircle of ABC. E is a point
on AC such that BE AC. Let us construct to parallelograms P AQB
and P ARC. Assume that AQ and HR intersect at point X. Prove that
EX k AP .
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256. Let AD, BE be the altitudes of triangle ABC and let H be the orthocenter. The bisector of the angle DHC meets the bisector of the angle B at
S and meet AB, BC at P , Q, respectively. And the bisector of the angle
B meets the line M H at R, where M is the midpoint of AC. Show that
RP BQ is cyclic.
257. Prove that the Simson lines of diametrically opposite points on circumcircle of triangle ABC intersect at nine point circle of the triangle.
258. In an equilateral triangle ABC. Prove that lines trough A that trisects
outward semicircle on BC as diameter trisect BC as well.
259. Prove that the feet of the four perpendiculars dropped from a vertex of a
triangle upon the four bisectors of the two other angles(two internal and
two external angle bisectors) are collinear.
260. Let ABC be a triangle. Let the angle bisector of A, B intersect BC,
AC at D, E respectively. Let J be the incenter of 4ACD. Suppose that
EJDB is cyclic. Prove that CAB is equal to either CBA or 2ACB.
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