Consider triangle inscribed in circle , and an interior point . Lines and intersect the circle for the second time at points , respectively. Let be the reflections of in the lines respectively. Show that triangle is similar to .
Solution
We shall prove that , and similarly and ; obviously, these three triangle similarities are enough in order to prove that , either from angle equalities or side ratios.
Obviously, we have , so . For symmetry reasons, we have and , so .
Also,
It follows that , whence
so . Therefore, , and, since , we get .
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