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2020 IGO Advanced P5

Source: 7th Iranian Geometry Olympiad (Advanced) P5

November 4, 2020
geometrycircumcircleIGO

Problem Statement

Consider an acute-angled triangle ABC\triangle ABC (AC>ABAC>AB) with its orthocenter HH and circumcircle Γ\Gamma.Points MM,PP are midpoints of BCBC and AHAH respectively.The line AM\overline{AM} meets Γ\Gamma again at XX and point NN lies on the line BC\overline{BC} so that NX\overline{NX} is tangent to Γ\Gamma. Points JJ and KK lie on the circle with diameter MPMP such that AJP=HNM\angle AJP=\angle HNM (BB and JJ lie one the same side of AH\overline{AH}) and circle ω1\omega_1, passing through K,HK,H, and JJ, and circle ω2\omega_2 passing through K,MK,M, and NN, are externally tangent to each other. Prove that the common external tangents of ω1\omega_1 and ω2\omega_2 meet on the line NH\overline{NH}. Proposed by Alireza Dadgarnia