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BG-MO 1966

Bulgarian Mathematical Olympiad 1966.

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Problem 3

(a) In the plane of the triangle ABCABC , find a point with the following property: its symmetrical points with respect to the midpoints of the sides of the triangle lie on the circumscribed circle. (b) Construct the triangle ABCABC if it is known the positions of the orthocenter HH , midpoint of the side ABAB and the midpoint of the segment joining the feet of the heights through vertices AA and BB .

Problem 4

It is given a tetrahedron with vertices A,B,C,DA,B,C,D .

(a) Prove that there exists a vertex of the tetrahedron with the following property: the three edges of that tetrahedron through that vertex can form a triangle. (b) On the edges DA,DBDA,DB and DCDC there are given the points M,NM,N and PP for which: DM=DAn,DN=DBn+1DP=DCn+2DM=\frac{DA}n,\enspace DN=\frac{DB}{n+1}\enspace DP=\frac{DC}{n+2} where nn is a natural number. The plane defined by the points M,NM,N and PP is αn\alpha_n . Prove that all planes αn\alpha_n , (n=1,2,3,…)(n=1,2,3,\ldots) pass through a single straight line.