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Romania NMO 2023 Grade 10 P3

Source: Romania National Olympiad 2023

April 14, 2023
geometrycomplex numbers

Problem Statement

We consider triangle ABCABC and variables points MM on the half-line BCBC, NN on the half-line CACA, and PP on the half-line ABAB, each start simultaneously from B,CB,C and respectively AA, moving with constant speeds v1,v2,v3>0 v_1, v_2, v_3 > 0 , where v1v_1, v2v_2, and v3v_3 are expressed in the same unit of measure.
a) Given that there exist three distinct moments in which triangle MNPMNP is equilateral, prove that triangle ABCABC is equilateral and that v1=v2=v3v_1 = v_2 = v_3.
b) Prove that if v1=v2=v3v_1 = v_2 = v_3 and there exists a moment in which triangle MNPMNP is equilateral, then triangle ABCABC is also equilateral.