Circle is tangent to circle at point and passes through its center . Point is chosen on in such a way that the ray intersects the second time at point , the ray intersects at point and the line is parallel to the line . Find the size of the angle .
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Denote ; then (Fig. 5). From the isosceles triangle , we obtain . Since and are parallel, .
As the common tangent to and at point is perpendicular to the radius of , as well as to the radius of , and lies on , the line segment must be a diameter of . Thus . As , the line segment is the altitude of the isosceles triangle drawn from its apex angle. This implies .
Hence , implying .
Solution 2
As and also , the triangles and are similar.

Fig. 5
As the common tangent to and at point is perpendicular to the radius of , as well as to the radius of , and lies on , the line segment must be a diameter of . Thus . As , the line segment is the altitude of the isosceles triangle drawn from its apex angle. This implies . Hence the triangles and are equal and .
A quadrilateral with a pair of equal parallel sides is a parallelogram. As , the quadrilateral is a rhombus. The diagonals of a rhombus bisect the angles at their endpoints. Thus . As and , the triangle is equilateral. Hence the internal angles of are of size and , implying .