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2011 Iran Team Selection Test
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2011 Iran Team Selection Test
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(1)
All PP' lines pass through a fixed point
Source: Iran TST 2011 - Day 4 - Problem 2
5/14/2011
Let
A
B
C
ABC
A
BC
be a triangle and
A
′
,
B
′
,
C
′
A',B',C'
A
′
,
B
′
,
C
′
be the midpoints of
B
C
,
C
A
,
A
B
BC,CA,AB
BC
,
C
A
,
A
B
respectively. Let
P
P
P
and
P
′
P'
P
′
be points in plane such that
P
A
=
P
′
A
′
,
P
B
=
P
′
B
′
,
P
C
=
P
′
C
′
PA=P'A',PB=P'B',PC=P'C'
P
A
=
P
′
A
′
,
PB
=
P
′
B
′
,
PC
=
P
′
C
′
. Prove that all
P
P
′
PP'
P
P
′
pass through a fixed point.
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