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Collinear

Source: Iranian National Olympiad (3rd Round) 2002

October 5, 2006
geometryincentergeometry proposed

Problem Statement

II is incenter of triangle ABCABC. Incircle of ABCABC touches AB,ACAB,AC at X,YX,Y. XIXI intersects incircle at MM. Let CMAB=XCM\cap AB=X'. LL is a point on the segment XCX'C that XL=CMX'L=CM. Prove that A,L,IA,L,I are collinear iff AB=ACAB=AC.