Problem

Source: 2008 JBMO Shortlist G2

Tags: JBMO, geometry



For a fixed triangle $ABC$ we choose a point $M$ on the ray $CA$ (after $A$), a point $N$ on the ray $AB$ (after $B$) and a point $P$ on the ray $BC$ (after $C$) in a way such that $AM -BC = BN- AC = CP – AB$. Prove that the angles of triangle $MNP$ do not depend on the choice of $M, N, P$ .