Problem:

Let and be chords in a circle of center with distinct, and let the lines and meet at a right angle at point . Let also and be the midpoints of and respectively. If , prove that .
Problem:

Let and be chords in a circle of center with distinct, and let the lines and meet at a right angle at point . Let also and be the midpoints of and respectively. If , prove that .
Solution:
can be inside, or outside the circle (Figure 3) but the proof below holds in both cases; notice that cannot be on the circle as are distinct. Let lines and meet at point . Then (median in a right triangle), so . Now so . But so . Similarly so is a parallelogram (possibly degenerated). As , this parallelogram is a rhombus. Then the chords and , being equidistant from , are equal. Hence their minor arcs are equal, which means that either or ; the latter contradicts the fact that and meet at .