Problem

Source: 2005 Oral Moscow Geometry Olympiad grades 10-11 p1

Tags: geometry, radius, parallel



Given an acute-angled triangle $ABC$. A straight line parallel to $BC$ intersects sides $AB$ and $AC$ at points $M$ and $P$, respectively. At what location of the points $M$ and $P$ will the radius of the circle circumscribed about the triangle $BMP$ be the smallest? (I. Sharygin)