Austria Beginners 2000-18 18p

 geometry problems from Austrian Beginners' Competition  with aops links in the names, ended in 2018

collected inside aops here

2000 - 2018

2000 Austria Beginners p4

Let $ABCDEFG$ be half of a regular dodecahedron. Let $P$ be the intersection of the lines $AB$ and $GF$, and let $Q$ be the intersection of the lines $AC$ and $GE$. Prove that $Q$ is the circumcenter of the triangle $AGP$.

2001 Austria Beginners p4

Let $ABC$ be a triangle whose angles $\alpha=\angle CAB$ and $\beta=\angle CBA$ are greater than $45^{\circ}$. Above the side $AB$ a right isosceles triangle $ABR$ is constructed with $AB$ as the hypotenuse, such that $R$ is inside the triangle $ABC$. Analogously we construct above the sides $BC$ and $AC$ the right isosceles triangles $CBP$ and $ACQ$, right at $P$ and in $Q$, but with these outside the triangle $ABC$. Prove that $CQRP$ is a parallelogram.

2002 Austria Beginners p4

In a trapezoid $ABCD$ with base $AB$ let $E$ be the midpoint of side $AD$. Suppose further that $2CD=EC=BC=b$. Let $\angle ECB=120^{\circ}$. Construct the trapezoid and determine its area based on $b$.

2003 Austria Beginners p4

Prove that every rectangle circumscribed by a square is itself a square.

(A rectangle is circumscribed by a square if there is exactly one corner point of the square on each side of the rectangle.)

2004 Austria Beginners p4

Of a rhombus $ABCD$ we know the circumradius $R$ of $\Delta ABC$ and $r$ of $\Delta BCD$. Construct the rhombus.

2005 Austria Beginners p4

We are given the triangle $ABC$ with an area of $2000$. Let $P,Q,R$ be the midpoints of the sidess $BC$, $AC$, $AB$. Let $U,V,W$ be the midpoints of the sides $QR$, $PR$, $PQ$. The lengths of the line segments $AU$, $BV$, $CW$ are $x$, $y$, $z$. Show that there exists a triangle with side lengths $x$, $y$ and $z$ and caluclate it's area.

2006 Austria Beginners p4

Show that if a triangle has two excircles of the same size, then the triangle is isosceles.

(Note: The excircle $ABC$ to the side $a$ touches the extensions of the sides $AB$ and $AC$ and the side $BC$.)

2007 Austria Beginners p4

Consider a parallelogram $ABCD$ such that the midpoint $M$ of the side $CD$ lies on the angle bisector of $\angle BAD$. Show that $\angle AMB$ is a right angle.

2008 Austria Beginners p4 

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with the property that the bisector of $\angle BAC$, the altitude through $B$ and the perpendicular bisector of $AB$ intersect in one point. Determine the angle $\alpha  = \angle BAC$.

2009 Austria Beginners p4

The center $M$ of the square $ABCD$ is reflected wrt $C$. This gives point $E$. The intersection of the circumcircle of the triangle $BDE$ with the line $AM$ is denoted by $S$. Show that $S$ bisects the distance $AM$.

(W. Janous, WRG Ursulinen, Innsbruck)

2010 Austria Beginners p4

In the right-angled triangle $ABC$ with a right angle at $C$, the side $BC$ is longer than the side $AC$. The perpendicular bisector of $AB$ intersects the line $BC$ at point $D$ and the line $AC$ at point $E$. The segments $DE$ has the same length as the side $AB$. Find the measures of the angles of the triangle $ABC$?

(R. Henner, Vienna)

2011 Austria Beginners p4

Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AC = BC$. On the arc $CA$ of its circumcircle, which does not contain $B$, there is a point $P$. The projection of $C$ on the line $AP$ is denoted by $E$, the projection of $C$ on the line $BP$ is denoted by $F$. Prove that the lines $AE$ and $BF$ have equal lengths.

(W. Janous, WRG Ursulincn, Innsbruck)

2012 Austria Beginners p4

A segment $AB$ is given. We erect the equilateral triangles $ABC$ and $ADB$ above and below $AB$. We denote the midpoints of $AC$ and $BC$ by $E$ and $F$ respectively. Prove that the straight lines $DE$ and $DF$ divide the segment $AB$ into three parts of equal length .

2013 Austria Beginners p4

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle and $D$ a point on the altitude through $C$. Let $E$, $F$, $G$ and $H$ be the midpoints of the segments $AD$, $BD$, $BC$ and $AC$. Show that $E$, $F$, $G$, and $H$ form a rectangle.

(G. Anegg, Innsbruck)

2014 Austria Beginners p4

Consider a triangle $ABC$. The midpoints of the sides $BC, CA$, and $AB$ are denoted by $D, E$, and $F$, respectively. Assume that the median $AD$ is perpendicular to the median $BE$ and that their lengths are given by $AD = 18$ and $BE = 13.5$. Compute the length of the third median $CF$.

(K. Czakler, Vienna)

2015 Austria Beginners p4

Let $k_1$ and $k_2$ be internally tangent circles with common point $X$. Let $P$ be a point lying neither on one of the two circles nor on the line through the two centers. Let $N_1$ be the point on $k_1$ closest to $P$ and $F_1$ the point on $k_1$ that is farthest from $P$. Analogously, let $N_2$ be the point on $k_2$ closest to $P$ and $F_2$ the point on $k_2$ that is farthest from $P$.

Prove that $\angle N_1 X N_2 = \angle F_1 X F_2$.

(Robert Geretschläger)

2016 Austria Beginners p4

Let $ABCDE$ be a convex pentagon with five equal sides and right angles at $C$ and $D$. Let $P$ denote the intersection point of the diagonals $AC$ and $BD$. Prove that the segments $PA$ and $PD$ have the same length.

(Gottfried Perz)

2017 Austria Beginners p2

In the isosceles triangle $ABC$ with $AC = BC$ we denote by $D$ the foot of the altitude through $C$. The midpoint of $CD$ is denoted by $M$. The line $BM$ intersects $AC$ in $E$. Prove that the length of $AC$ is three times that of $CE$.

2018 Austria Beginners p2

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle, $M$ the midpoint of the side $AC$ and $F$ the foot on $AB$ of the altitude through the vertex $C$. Prove that $AM = AF$ holds if and only if $\angle BAC = 60^o$.

(Karl Czakler)