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Geometry Difficulty 6.0 National Olympiad Prove it United Kingdom

Two circles, of different radius, with centres at BB and CC, touch externally at AA. A common tangent, not through AA, touches the first circle at DD and the second at EE. The line through AA which is perpendicular to DEDE and the perpendicular bisector of BCBC meet at FF. Prove that BC=2AFBC = 2AF.

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