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Geometry Difficulty 4.0 AIME Prove it United Kingdom

Two touching circles $S$ and $T$ share a common tangent which meets $S$ at $A$ and $T$ at $B$ . Let $AP$ be a diameter of $S$ and let the tangent from $P$ to $T$ touch it at $Q$ . Show that $AP = PQ$ .

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