In triangle $ ABC$, one has marked the incenter, the foot of altitude from vertex $ C$ and the center of the excircle tangent to side $ AB$. After this, the triangle was erased. Restore it.
Problem
Source: I.F.Sharygin contest 2009 - Correspondence round - Problem 13
Tags: geometry, incenter, perpendicular bisector, geometry proposed
31.05.2009 19:03
Let $ A,B,C$ be the vertices of wanted triangle, given its incenter $ I,$ the C-excenter $ I_c$ and the foot $ H$ of the C-altitude. Let $V$ be the foot of its C-angle bisector. Since $ (C,V,I,I_a)=-1$ $\Longrightarrow$ circle with diameter $\overline{CV}$ passing through $ H$ and the circle with diameter $ \overline{II_c}$ (which is known) are orthogonal. It remains to construct the cirle $ \mathcal{Q}$ passing through $C,H,V,$ which belows to the orthogonal pencil defined by the cirle $(K)$ with diameter $ II_c$ and whose center lies on $ II_c.$ Using that the power of $ K$ to $ \mathcal{Q}$ equals the square of the radius $ KI,$ then draw line $ KH$ and construct point $ P$ on the ray $ KH$ such that $ KP \cdot KH = KI^2$ $\Longrightarrow$ intersection of the perpendicular bisector of $\overline{PH}$ with the line $ II_c$ gives the center of $ \mathcal {Q}.$ Once the circle $ \mathcal{Q}$ is drawn, we get easily the poins $C,V$ and subsequently the line $ VH$ whose intersections with $ (K)$ are the desired vertices $ A,B.$
29.01.2013 18:23
Let $D,I,J$ be the foot of the altitude, the incenter and excenter. Consider the line parallel to $AB$ and also tangent to the incircle and let its intersection with $CD$ be $E$. Then it is easy to see that $IE$=$ID$ and also $DJ \parallel IE$. So given, $D,I,J$, we can construct $E$. Then $C$ is simply $DE \cap IJ$. The rest of the construction follows easily.
07.03.2016 02:31
This problem proves that you can't beat Russians when it comes to making sufficiently elegant yet decently hard problems. Here is my solution. Construction Let $I,J,H$ be the given incenter, excenter, and feet of altitude. Now, we can construct the midpoint $M$ of $IJ$. Then, we can construct a point $Y$ on the ray $MH$ such that $MH.MY=MI^2$. We also construct the circle with diameter $IJ$ and call it $\Gamma$ Now, draw tangents from $Y$ to $\Gamma$ and construct the midline of these two tangents. Let this midline intersect $IJ$ at $X$. Draw circle with centre $X$ and radius $XY$ and let it meet $IJ$ again at $A,A'$ with $A$ farther from $M$ than $A'$. Then, draw a line perpendicular to $AH$ at $H$ and let it meet $\Gamma$ at $B,C$. We claim that triangle $ABC$ is the desired triangle. Proof Notice that $XY^2=XI.XJ$ and so $(A,A';I,J)=-1$ and also that $\angle AYA'=90$ so we must have $A$ to be the requested vertex. Then, $B,C$ are also the requested ones.
01.10.2016 23:47
Let $I,I_A,A,E$ be the incenter,excenter,vertex,and the foot of $A$-altitude and let $AI\cap BC=A'$. Let $E_1$ be the image of $E$ after inversion in $(II_A)$.We have that $AA'EE'$ is cyclic $\implies$ $\angle A'EA=\angle A'E'A=\frac{\pi}{2}$ and so let the perpendicular bisector of $EE'$ cut $II_A$ in $R$.Now $\odot(R,RE)\cap II_A=\{A',A\}$ so we have $A'$ and $E$ $EA'\cap (II_A)=\{B,C\}$ so we are done.