The triangle is given. Point is the intersection of the -symmedian and the circumcircle of . Point lies on the line in such a way that . The line tangent to the circumcircle of at point intersects the circumcircle of , for the second time at point . Prove that .
Solution
According to the assumptions of the problem, we have and . From these two equations, it follows that . Therefore, we can write:
On the other hand, if we denote the midpoint of as , we can easily deduce that . Therefore, according to 1, we have:
We have shown that , which is equivalent to the fact that is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle . Thus, . Using this equality and 2, we obtain , which means . Thus, in triangle , the -median is half of , and we must have .
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