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Humpty Point

The document contains 15 geometry problems related to triangles, circles, and their properties. The problems involve concepts like orthocenters, circumcircles, centroids, reflections, and concurrent lines. They require applying properties of angles, parallel lines, tangents, and cyclic quadrilaterals to circles and within triangles. Proofs are needed to show certain lines, points and circles are concurrent, lie on each other, or have specific angle relationships.

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Humpty Point

The document contains 15 geometry problems related to triangles, circles, and their properties. The problems involve concepts like orthocenters, circumcircles, centroids, reflections, and concurrent lines. They require applying properties of angles, parallel lines, tangents, and cyclic quadrilaterals to circles and within triangles. Proofs are needed to show certain lines, points and circles are concurrent, lie on each other, or have specific angle relationships.

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Some problems on Humpty point

Srijon Sarkar
April, 2021
An elaborate article on the same can be found here.

1. Let ABC be a triangle with circumcircle Ω and let G be the centroid of triangle ABC. Extend AG, BG
and CG to meet the circle Ω again in A1 , B1 and C1 . Suppose ∠BAC = ∠A1 B1 C1 , ∠ABC = ∠A1 C1 B1 and
∠ACB = B1 A1 C1 . Prove that ABC and A1 B1 C1 are equilateral triangles.

2. Let H be the orthocenter of a nonisosceles triangle ABC. The bisector of angle BHC meets AB and AC at
points P and Q respectively. The perpendiculars to AB and AC from P and Q meet at K. Prove that KH
bisects the segment BC.

3. Circles ω1 and ω2 have centres O1 and O2 , respectively. These two circles intersect at points X and Y . AB is
common tangent line of these two circles such that A lies on ω1 and B lies on ω2 . Let tangents to ω1 and ω2 at
X intersect O1 O2 at points K and L, respectively. Suppose that line BL intersects ω2 for the second time at M
and line AK intersects ω1 for the second time at N . Prove that lines AM, BN and O1 O2 concur.

4. Let ABC be a triangle with incenter I, and let D be a point on line BC satisfying ∠AID = 90◦ . Let the
excircle of triangle ABC opposite the vertex A be tangent to BC at A1 . Define points B1 on CA and C1 on AB
analogously, using the excircles opposite B and C, respectively. Prove that if quadrilateral AB1 A1 C1 is cyclic,
then AD is tangent to the circumcircle of 4DB1 C1 .

5. Two circles G1 and G2 intersect at two points M and N . Let AB be the line tangent to these circles at A
and B, respectively, so that M lies closer to AB than N . Let CD be the line parallel to AB and passing through
the point M , with C on G1 and D on G2 . Lines AC and BD meet at E; lines AN and CD meet at P ; lines
BN and CD meet at Q. Show that EP = EQ.

6. Two circles C1 and C2 intersect each other at points A and B. Their external common tangent (closer to B)
touches C1 at P and C2 at Q. Let C be the reflection of B in line P Q. Prove that ∠CAP = ∠BAQ.

7. Let 4ABC be an acute-angled triangle with its incenter I. Suppose that N is the midpoint of the arc BAC of
the circumcircle of triangle 4ABC, and P is a point such that ABP C is a parallelogram.Let Q be the reflection
of A over N and R the projection of A on QI. Show that the line AI is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle
4P QR

8. In an acute triangle ABC segments BE and CF are altitudes. Two circles passing through the point A and
F and tangent to the line BC at the points P and Q so that B lies between C and Q. Prove that lines P E and
QF intersect on the circumcircle of triangle AEF .

9. Let ∆ABC be a triangle with orthocenter H and BH meet AC at E and CH meet AB at F . Let EF
intersect the line through A parallel to BC at X and the tangent to (ABC) at A intersect BC at Y . Let XY
intersect AB at P and let XY meet AC at Q. Let O be the circumcenter of ∆AP Q and AO meet BC at T .
Let V be the projection of H on AT and M be the midpoint of BC. Then prove that (BHC) and (T V M ) are
tangent to each other.

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10. Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral with ∠ABC = ∠ADC < 90◦ . The internal angle bisectors of ∠ABC
and ∠ADC meet AC at E and F respectively, and meet each other at point P . Let M be the midpoint of
AC and let ω be the circumcircle of triangle BP D. Segments BM and DM intersect ω again at X and Y
respectively. Denote by Q the intersection point of lines XE and Y F . Prove that P Q ⊥ AC.

11. Let BM be a median in an acute-angled triangle ABC. A point K is chosen on the line through C tangent
to the circumcircle of M BM C so that ∠KBC = 90◦ . The segments AK and BM meet at J. Prove that the
circumcenter of 4BJK lies on the line AC. 12. Given an acute triangle ABC, let M be the midpoint of BC
and H the orthocentre. Let Γ be the circle with diameter HM , and let X, Y be distinct points on Γ such that
AX, AY are tangent to Γ. Prove that BXY C is cyclic.

13. Let ABC be an acute scalene triangle with orthocenter H and M the midpoint of BC. Let D and E be
points on lines AB and AC respectively such that AC = CD and AB = BE. The rays M D and M E intersect
the circumcircle of ABC at P and Q respectively. Let R be the second intersection point of the circumcircles of
BP M and CQM . Show that the circumcircles of P QR and AHR are tangent to each other.

14. Let ABC be a scalene acute-angled triangle and D be the point on its circumcircle such that AD is a
symmedian of triangle ABC. Let E be the reflection of D about BC, C0 the reflection of E about AB and B0
the reflection of E about AC. Prove that the lines AD, BB0 and CC0 are concurrent if and only if ∠BAC = 60◦ .

15. Let O be the circumcenter of an acute triangle ABC. Line OA intersects the altitudes of ABC through B
and C at P and Q, respectively. The altitudes meet at H. Prove that the circumcenter of triangle P QH lies on
a median of triangle ABC.

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