Problem

Source: ELMO 1999 Problem 1

Tags: geometry, circumcircle, angle bisector, geometry solved, excenters



In nonisosceles triangle $ABC$ the excenters of the triangle opposite $B$ and $C$ be $X_B$ and $X_C$, respectively. Let the external angle bisector of $A$ intersect the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$ again at $Q$. Prove that $QX_B = QB = QC = QX_C$.