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British TST 1985 - 2015 (UK FST, NST) 62p

geometry problems from British IMO Team Selection Tests (TST) with aops links

    FIST= further international (older name of BMO2)
FST = first 
SIST= second international
NST = next

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1985 - 2015


The in-circle of \triangle ABC, where AB > AC, touches BC at L and LM is a diameter of the in-circle. AM produced cuts BC at N.
(i) Prove NL = AB - AC.
(ii) A circle S of variable radius touches BC at M. The tangents (other than BC) from B and C to S intersect at P. P moves as the radius of S varies. Find the locus of P

A, B, C, D are points on a sphere of radius 1. Given that AB \cdot BC \cdot CA \cdot DA \cdot DB \cdot DC = \frac{512}{27}, prove that ABCD is a regular tetrahedron.

A, B, C, A', B', C' are six points on a circle such that the chords AA', BB', CC' meet in a point. Prove that AB \cdot B'C' \cdot CA' = A'B' \cdot BC \cdot C'A.     (*)
Is it true, conversely, that if A, B, C, A', B', C' are six points on a circle satisfying (*) then AA', BB', CC' are concurrent? Justify your answer.

1987 British RST  p1  (Reading Selection Test)
A, B, C are the angles of an acute-angled triangle. Prove that
(\tan A + \tan B + \tan C)^{2} \geq (\sec A + 1)^{2} +(\sec B+1)^{2} + (\sec C + 1)^{2}.

1987 British RST  p3  (Reading Selection Test)
Q is a convex quadrilateral whose four vertices are on the circumference of a circle whose centre is O. The distance of any side of Q from O is half the length of the opposite side. Prove that the diagonals of Q intersect orthogonally.

The triangle ABC is not equilateral. Show that the equations
\frac{\sin (A- \theta)}{a^{2}} = \frac{\sin (B- \theta)}{b^{2}} = \frac{\sin (C- \theta)}{c^{2}}
are satisfied by a unique number \theta in the interval 0 < \theta < \frac{\pi}{6}.
[It may help to work in terms of a, b, c and the area \triangle of the triangle.]

The equilateral triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle K. T is a point of K lying on the smaller arc AB. Prove that AT+ BT = CT.
A second circle k touches K at T and lies inside K. The lengths of the tangents from A, B, C to k are a, b, c, respectively. Prove that a+b=c.
  
A, B are two points on a sphere whose centre is O and whose radius is r. AB subtends an angle 2 \theta at O. Two planes are drawn through AB, each plane inclined at an angle \alpha to the plane AOB. C_{1} and C_{2} are the centres of the circles in which these planes cut the sphere. Find the length C_{1}C_{2}.

ABC is a triangle; D, E, F are the feet of the perpendiculars from A, B, C respectively to the opposite sides; D', E', F' are the midpoints of EF, FD, DE respectively.
The line E'F' meets CA at Q and AB at R';
The line F'D' meets AB at R and BC at P';
The line D'E' meets BC at P and CA at Q'. Prove that
(i) QR' = RP' = PQ';
(ii) P, P', Q, Q', R, R' lie on a circle.

ABCD is a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle. BD meets AC at X and (produced) passes through the point of intersection T of the  tangents at A and C. Prove that the perpendicular distances of X from the sides AB, BC, CD, DA of the quadrilateral are proportional to the lengths of those sides.

Given a set of points P in the xy-plane, we define a set P^{*} according to the following rule:
(x^{*}, y^{*}) \in P^{*} if and only if xx^{*} + yy^{*} \leq1 for all (x, y) \in P.
Find all triangles T such that T^{*} is obtained from T by a half-turn about the origin.

ABC is a right triangle in C,and a is the measure of the angle between the median that pass trough A and the hypotenuse. Prove that        sin (a)  \le \frac{1}{3}

Vertex A of triangle ABC is equidistant from the circumcentre O and the orthocentre H. Find all possible values of angle A.

Circles C_{1}, C_{2}, with centres O_{1}, O_{2} and radii r_{1}, r_{2} respectively, are drawn so that the distance between their centres is given by O_{1}O_{2} = \sqrt{r_{1}^{2}+r_{2}^{2}}. The circles C_{1} and C_{2} intersect at A and B. From the point P on C_{1} furthest from O_{2} lines PA, PB are drawn to intersect C_{2} at D, E respectively. Prove that DE is the diameter of C_{2} perpendicular to O_{1}O_{2}.
A point Q (distinct from P) is now chosen on the major arc AB of C_{1}. Lines QA, QB are drawn to intersect C_{2} at F, G respectively. Prove that FG is also a diameter of C_{2}. Locate, with proof, the point where FB and GA meet.

Six rods A_{1}A_{2}, A_{2}A_{3}, A_{3}A_{4}, A_{4}A_{5}, A_{5}A_{6}, A_{6}A_{1} of lengths (a_{1}+a_{2}), (a_{2}+a_{3}), (a_{3}+a_{4}), (a_{4}+a_{5}), (a_{5}+a_{6}), (a_{6}+a_{1}) respectively, where a_{i} >0 (i = 1, 2, ..., 6), are freely jointed together to form a hexagon A_{1}A_{2}A_{3}A_{4}A_{5}A_{6}. Prove that the hexagon can be adjusted so that it takes the shape of a convex hexagon cirscibing a circle.
Prove also that if the real numbers a_{i} (i= 1, 2, ..., 6) are permuted amongst themselves in any way, the six new resulting rods have the same property and that whatever permutation is made the inscribed circle always has the same radius. Find the radius explicitly in terms of elementary symmetric functions of a_{1}, a_{2},  a_{3}, a_{4}, a_{5}, a_{6}.
Does there exist a convex hexagon, with side lengths 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in some order, circumscribing a circle?

Let S be the circumcircle of an isosceles triangle ABC with AB = AC. The point P lies on the arc BC of S on the opposite side of BC to A. Let X be the point on AP such that AX= AC and Y be the point on BP such that BY=BC.
(i) Prove that C, Y, P, X lie on a circle.
(ii) Prove that YX, the tangent at B to the circumcircle S and the line through C perpendicular to AB are concurrent.

ABC is a triangle. Its incircle touches the sides BC, CA, AB at X, Y, Z respectively. The points A', B', C' are the feet of the perpendiculars from X to YZ, from Y to ZX and from Z to XY respectively.
(i) Prove that AA', BB', CC' are concurrent.
(ii) Proved that  area \{\triangle ABC \} \geq 16 \cdot area \{ \triangle A'B'C' \}

Two circles \Gamma_{1} and \Gamma_{2} intersect at D and E. The point B on \Gamma_{1} and the point C on \Gamma_{2} are such that D is the midpoint of BC. The tangent to \Gamma_{1} at B and the tangent to \Gamma_{2} at C meet at A. Prove that DA \cdot DE = DC^{2}.

Let O be the circumcentre and H the orthocentre of the acute-angled triangle ABC. Show that the minimum value of OP + HP, as P varies over the perimeter of the triangle, is exactly the circumradius of ABC.

We are given a circle \Gamma and a straight line \ell which is tangent to the circle at the point B. Through any point A on \Gamma  we drop the perpendicular AP to \ell  where P \in \ell  Let M be the point which is the reflection of P in the line AB. Determine the locus of M as A varies on \Gamma .

Let ABC be a triangle and l the line through C which is parallel to AB. The internal bisector of angle A meets the side BC at D and the line \ell at E. The internal bisector of angle B meets the side AC at F and the line \ell at G. Suppose that GF = DE. Show that AC = BC.

Consider triangle ABC. Let U, V, W be points such that U is on the line BC, V is on the line CA, W is on the line AB. It is given that AU, BV and CW are concurrent at a point P. Also AU is a median of the triangle, BV is an altitude and CW is the internal angle bisector of \angle BCA. Suppose that P lies on the perpendicular bisector of at least one of the sides of the triangle ABC. Prove that the triangle ABC is equilateral.

An acute triangle ABC is given. Find the locus of points M in the interior of ABC such that AB - FG = \frac{MF \cdot AG + MG \cdot BF}{CM} where F and G are the feet of the perpendiculars from M to BC and AC respectively.

Let n \geq 2 be a natural number. A pyramid P has base A_1A_2...A_{2n} and apex O. The polygon A_1A_2...A_{2n}  is regular and the point C is its centre. The line OC is perpendicular to the plane of the base of P. A sphere passes through O and meets each of the line segments OA_i internally. For each i = 1, 2,..., 2n, let X_i be the point (other than O) where the sphere meets OA_i. Prove that OX_1+OX_3 + ... + OX_{2n-1} =  OX_2+OX_4 + ... + OX_{2n}

Let E be the intersection of the diagonals of the cyclic quadrilateral ABCD. Let F and G denote the respective midpoints of the sides AB and CD. Prove that the line through G which is perpendicular to AC, the line through F which is perpendicular to BD and the line through E which is perpendicular to AD are concurrent.

2006 Brithish FST2  p2
Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral, and P a point in its interior such that \angle BPC= \angle PAB+\angle PDC. Let E, F and G be the orthogonal projections of P on the sides AB, DA and CD, respectively. Show that triangles BPC and EFG are similar.

Alternative formulation.
A point P is in the interior of the cyclic quadrilateral ABCD and has the property \angle BPC = \angle BAP+\angle PDC. The feet of the perpendiculars from P to AB, AD and DC are respectively denoted E, F and G. Show that \triangle FEG and \triangle PBC are similar.

Let ABC be a triangle with integer side lengths, and let its incircle touch BC at D and AC at E. If |AD^2-BE^2| \le 2, show that AC=BC.

Triangle ABC has incentre I. The line AI meets the circumcircle of ABC again at D. The feet of the perpendiculars from I to BD and CD are denoted E and F respectively. Given that IE + IF = \frac12 AD, determine the possible values of \angle BAC.

Let triangle ABC have a right angle at A. Let D denote the foot of the perpendicular from A to BC. Let I and J be the respective incentres of triangles ABD and ADC. Draw the line IJ to meet AB at E and AC and F, Show that A is the circumcentre of triangle EDF.

Let A be a point exterior to a circle \Gamma. Two lines through A meet \Gamma at B,C and D,E respectively, with D between A and E. Draw the line through D which is parallel to AC, and let it meet \Gamma again at F. Suppose that AF meets \Gamma again at G, and that EG meets AC at M. Prove that  \frac{1}{AM} =\frac{1}{AB} + \frac{1}{AC} .

Triangle ABC has circumcentre O and centroid M. The lines OM and AM are perpendicular. Let AM meet the circumcircle of ABC again at K. Lines CK and AB intersect at D and BK and AC intersect at E.Prove that the circumcentre of triangle ADE lies on the circumcircle of ABC.

Let ABC a triangle, and let \Gamma_b and \Gamma_c the excircles relatives to the sides AC and AB, respectively. \Gamma_b touches AC at P and the extensions of the sides AB,AC at the points D,E, respectively. \Gamma_c touches AB at Q and the extensions of the sides AC,BC at the points F,G, respectively. The line FG intersects line DE at the point X, GQ intersects PE at Y. Prove that X,A,Y are collinear.

Let ABC be a triangle with AB ^ AC. The incircle I of ABC touches the sides BC, CA, AB at the points D, E, F, respectively. Let AD intersect Z at D and P. Let Q be the intersection of the line EF and the line passing through P and perpendicular to AD, and let X, Y be intersections of the line AQ and DE, DF, respectively. Show that the point A is the midpoint of XY.

Consider triangle ABC. B' is on the line AC and the line BB' passes through the incentre I. The point C' is similarly defined. The line B'C' meets the circumcircle of triangle ABC at M and N. Prove that the circumradius of triangle MIN is twice the circumradius of triangle ABC.

A triangle ABC is given. A circle \Gamma passes through A and is tangent to the side BC at a point P. The circle \Gamma intersects AB and AC at points M and N respectively. Prove that the (minor) arcs MP and NP are equal if and only if \Gamma  is tangent to the circumcircle of ABC at A.

Let A be a point in the interior of triangle ABC. The line AX meets the side BC at A_1. Points B_1 and C_1 are similarly defined. Let R_1, R_2 and R_3 be the respective radii of circles XBC, XCA and XAB, and R be the circumradius of triangle ABC. Prove that
\frac{XA_1}{AA_1} R_1+\frac{XB_1}{BB_1} R_2 +\frac{XC_1}{CC_1} R_3 \ge R

Let ABCD be a parallelogram but not a rhombus. Let E be the foot of the perpendicular from B to AC. The line through E which is perpendicular to BD intersects BC at F and AB at G. Show that EF = EG if, and only if, ABCD is a rectangle.

A point X lies in the plane of triangle ABC. A circle \Gamma passing through X meets XA,XB and XC again at P, Q and R respectively. Let \Gamma meet the circles BXC, AXC and AXB again at T, L and M respectively. Prove that PT, QL and RM are concurrent.

Each point of the plane is painted one of three colours. Show that there exists a triangle in the plane such that the following three conditions are satisfied:
(a) The three vertices have the same colour.
(b) The radius of the circumcircle of the triangle is 2009.
(c) One angle of the triangle is either two or three times larger than one of the other two angles of the triangle. 

Let the quadrilateral ABCD be inscribed in a circle with center O. Suppose that \angle B and \angle C are obtuse, and let lines AB and CD intersect at E. Let P and R be the foot of the perpendiculars dropped from E to the lines BC and AD respectively. Extend EP to hit AD at Q, and let ER hit BC at S. Finally, let K be the midpoint of QS. Prove that E, K, O are collinear.

Triangle ABC has a right-angle at C, and the point M on AB is strictly between A and B. Let S, S_1 and S_2 denote the circumcentres of \vartriangle ABC, \vartriangle  AMC and \vartriangle MBC respectively.
(a) Show that the points M, C, S, S_1 and S_2 lie on a circle.
(b) For which position of M does this circle have the least radius?

The convex quadrilateral ABCD has the property that |AB| = |AC| = |BD|. Let P be the intersection point of its diagonals. Let O and I respectively be the circumcentre and incentre of triangle ABP. Show that if O\ne I, then OI and CD are perpendicular.

Let ABC be a triangle. Its incircle is tangent to AB at E, while the excircle opposite A is tangent to AB at F. Let D be the point on BC for which the incircles of triangles ABD and ACD have equal radii. The lines DE and DB meet the circumcircle of triangle ADF for a second time at X and Y. Show that XY || AB if, and only if, AB = AC.

2009 British NST3 p
Let ABC be an acute-angled triangle, and M be a point in its plane distinct from the vertices. Show that the vector equation a/ MA MA + b/ MB  MB + c/ MC MC = 0
holds if, and only if, M is the orthocentre of ABC.

The triangle ABC has a right angle at C. Let P be a point inside ABC such that |AP| = |AC|. Let M be the midpoint of the hypotenuse AB and T be the foot of the altitude dropped from C. Prove that PM is a bisector of \angle BPT if, and only if, \angle A = 60^o.

Let ABCD be a trapezium with AB parallel to DC and |AB| > |CD|. Let E and F be points on the segments AB and DC respectively, such that AE: EB = DF: FC. Let K and L be points on the segment EF such that \angle BKA = \angle  BCD and \angle DLC = \angle ABC. Show that K, L, B and C are concyclic.

Let S be a set of 1953 points in the plane. Every two points of S are at least distance 1 apart. Prove that S contains a subset T of 217 points, every two at least distance \sqrt3 apart.

Let ABCD be a cyclic trapezium with AD \parallel BC and |AD| < |BC|. The circle is called \Gamma , and has centre O. Let P be a variable point on the part of the ray BC that is beyond C. It is given that PA is not tangent to \Gamma  . The circle with diameter PD meets \Gamma again at E. Let M be the intersection of the lines BC and DE, and N be the second point of intersection of the line PA and \Gamma. Prove that the lines MN pass through a fixed point as P varies.

Let I be the incentre of triangle ABC. The incircle touches AB and BC at X and Y respectively. The line XI meets the incircle again at M. Let X' be the point of intersection of AB and CM. The point L on the segment X'C is such that X'L = CM. Prove that A, L and Y are collinear if, and only if, | AB| = |AC|.

The triangle ABC is not isosceles. Let the inscribed circle \Gamma have centre I and touch the sides at A_1, B_1 and C_1 in the natural notation. Let AA_1 meet \Gamma again at A_2, and define B_2 in similar fashion. The points A_3 on B_1C_1 and B_3 on A_1C_1 are such that A_1A_3 and B_1B_3 are angle bisectors in triangle A_1B_1C_1
Prove the following statements:
(a) A_2A_3 bisects \angle B_1A_2C_1.
(b) Let P and Q be the intersection points of the circumcircles of triangles A_1A_2A_3 and B_1B_2B_3, then I lies on the line PQ.

Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral, whose circumcircle has centre O. Let E be the midpoint of AB and F be the midpoint of AD. Show that if the area of the quadrilateral ABCD is four times the area of the triangle OEF, then one of BC and DC is a diameter.

Circles \Gamma_1 and \Gamma_2 meet at M and N. Let A be on \Gamma_1 and D on \Gamma_2. The lines AM and AN meet \Gamma_2 again at B and C respectively; the line DM and DN meet \Gamma_1 again at E and F, respectively. Assume that M, N, F, A, E are in cyclic order around \Gamma_1, and that AB and DE are congruent. Prove that A, F, C and D lie on a circle whose centre does not depend on the position of A and D on the circles.

Let ABC be a triangle with a right angle at C. Let CN be an altitude. A circle \Gamma is tangent to the line segments BN, CN, and the circumcircle of ABC. If D is where \Gamma kisses BN, prove that CD bisects BCN.

Let ABC be a scalene triangle. Let l_A be the tangent to the nine-point circle at the foot of the perpendicular from A to BC, and let l'_A be the tangent to the nine-point circle from the midpoint of BC. The lines I_A and l'_A intersect at A'; we define B' and C' similarly. Show that the lines AA', BB' and CC' are concurrent.

Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral so that BC and AD meet at a point P. Consider a point Q, different from B, on the line BP such that P Q = BP, and construct the parallelograms CAQR and DBCS. Prove that the points C, Q, R, S are concyclic.

A triangle ABC is given. Let D, E and F be points on the lines BC, CA and AB (respectively) such that AF = EF and BF = DF. Prove that the orthocentre of triangle ABC lies on the circle DCE.

Circles \Omega and \omega are tangent at a point P, and \omega  lies inside  \Omega. A chord AB of  \Omega is tangent to \omega  at C. The line PC meets  \Omega again at Q. Chords QR and QS of  \Omega are tangent to \omega . Let I, X and Y be the incentres of triangles ABP, ABR and ABS respectively. Prove that \angle PXI + \angle IYP = 90^o.

Let ABC be an acute triangle with orthocentre H. The external bisector of angle \angle CHB intersects AB and AC at D and E respectively.The internal bisector of \angle CAB intersects the circumcircle of triangle angle ADE again at K. Show that HK passes through the midpoint of BC

Let ABC be a triangle. For a point P of the plane, let A' be the foot of the perpendicular dropped from P to BC. Points B' and C' are defined analogously. Find the locus of points P in the plane such that PA' \cdot PA=PB' \cdot PB=PC' \cdot PC

In triangle ABC, the excentres are I_{a},I_{b},I_{c} in the natural notation.The excircle opposite 
A touches AB and AC at P and Q respectively.The line PQ intersects the lines BI_{a} and CI_{a} at D and E respectively.Let A_{1} be the intersection of DC and BE.The points B_{1} and C_{1} are defined analogously.Prove that AA_{1},BB_{1},CC_{1} are concurrent. 

Let \vartriangle ABC be a triangle. Let P_1 and P_2 be points on the side AB such that P_2 lies on the segment BP_1 and AP_1 = BP_2. Similarly, let Q_1 and Q_2 be points on the side BC such that Q_2 lies on the segment BQ_1 and BQ_2 = CQ_1. The segments P_1Q_2 and P_2Q_1 meet at R, and the circumcircles of  \vartriangle P_1P_2R and  \vartriangle  Q_1Q_2R meet again at S, inside triangle  \vartriangle P_1Q_1R. Finally, let M be the midpoint of the side AC. Prove that the angles \angle P_1RS and \angle Q_1RM are equal.

An acute-angled triangle \vartriangle ABC is given, and A_1,B_1, C_1 are the midpoints of sides BC,CA, AB respectively. The internal angle bisector of \angle AC_1C meets AC at L, and the internal angle bisector of \angle CC_1B meets BC at K. The line LK intersects B_1C_1 at A_2, and A_1C_1 at B_2. Prove that the lines AA_2, BB_2, CC_1 are concurrent.

2015 British NST3 p1 (Rioplatese 2006)
The acute triangle ABC with AB\neq AC has circumcircle \Gamma, circumcenter O, and orthocenter H. The midpoint of BC is M, and the extension of the median AM intersects \Gamma at N. The circle of diameter AM intersects \Gamma again at A and P. Show that the lines AP, BC, and OH are concurrent if and only if AH = HN.

In trapezoid ABCD, the sum of the lengths of the bases AB and CD is equal to the length of the diagonal BD. Let M be the midpoint of BC, and E the reflection of C in line DM. Prove that \angle{AEB} = \angle{ACD}


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