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IMO 1981 Problem 1

  • Day 1

Consider a variable point PP inside a given triangle ABCABC . Let DD , EE , FF be the feet of the perpendiculars from the point PP to the lines BCBC , CACA , ABAB , respectively. Find all points PP which minimize the sum BCPD+CAPE+ABPF.{BC\over PD}+{CA\over PE}+{AB\over PF}.

Dataset text AI-MO AoPS. Quoted with source.

Official text: IMO 1981 official English paper, page 1.

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