Geometry Problems from Benelux Mathematical Olympiads

2009-2017 [with aops links]

(Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)

BxMO 2009 / 4
Given trapezoid ABCD with parallel sides AB and CD, let E be a point on line BC outside
segment BC, such that segment AE intersects segment CD. Assume that there exists a point F
inside segment AD such that <EAD = <CBF. Denote by I the point of intersection of CD and
EF, and by J the point of intersection of AB and EF. Let K be the midpoint of segment EF,
and assume that K is different from I and J. Prove that K belongs to the circumcircle of ∆ABI
if and only if K belongs to the circumcircle of ∆CDJ.

BxMO 2010 / 3
On a line l there are three different points A, B and P in that order. Let a be the line through A
perpendicular to l, and let b be the line through B perpendicular to l. A line through P, not
coinciding with l, intersects a in Q and b in R. The line through A perpendicular to BQ
intersects BQ in L and BR in T. The line through B perpendicular to AR intersects AR in K
and AQ in S.
(a) Prove that P, T, S are collinear.
(b) Prove that P, K, L are collinear.

BxMO 2011 / 2
Let ABC be a triangle with incentre I. The angle bisectors AI, BI and CI meet [BC], [CA] and
[AB] at D, E and F, respectively. The perpendicular bisector of [AD] intersects the lines BI
and CI at M and N, respectively. Show that A, I, M and N lie on a circle.

BxMO 2012 / 3
In triangle ABC the midpoint of BC is called M. Let P be a variable interior point of the
triangle such that <CPM = <PAB. Let Γ be the circumcircle of triangle ABP. The line MP
intersects Γ a second time in Q. Define R as the reflection of P in the tangent to Γ in B. Prove
that the length |QR| is independent of the position of P inside the triangle.

BxMO 2013 / 3
Let ∆ABC be a triangle with circumcircle Γ, and let I be the center of the incircle of ∆ABC.
The lines AI, BI and CI intersect Γ in D ≠ A, E ≠ B and F ≠ C. The tangent lines to Γ in F, D
and E intersect the lines AI, BI and CI in R, S and T, respectively. Prove that
|AR|·|BS|·|CT| = |ID|·|IE|·|IF| .

BxMO 2014 / 4
Let ABCD be a square. Consider a variable point P inside the square for which <BAP ≥ 60.
Let Q be the intersection of the line AD and the perpendicular to BP in P. Let R be the
intersection of the line BQ and the perpendicular to BP from C.
(a) Prove that |BP| ≥ |BR|.
(b) For which point(s) P does the inequality in (a) become an equality?

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BxMO 2015 / 2
Let ABC be an acute triangle with circumcentre O. Let ΓΒ be the circle through A and B that
is tangent to AC, and let ΓC be the circle through A and C that is tangent to AB. An arbitrary
line through A intersects ΓΒ again in X and intersects ΓC again in Y . Prove that |OX| = |OY |.

BxMO 2016 / 4
A circle ω passes through the two vertices B and C of a triangle ABC. Furthermore, ω
intersects segment AC in D ≠ C and segment AB in E ≠ B. On the ray from B through D lies a
point K such that |BK| = |AC|, and on the ray from C through E lies a point L such that
|CL|=|AB|. Show that the circumcentre O of triangle AKL lies on ω.

BxMO 2017 / 3
In the convex quadrilateral ABCD we have <B= <C and <D = 90. Suppose that |AB|=2|CD|.
Prove that the angle bisector of <ACB is perpendicular to CD.

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