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Geometry Difficulty 6.4 National olympiad Prove it Ukraine

Let a point AA lay outside a given circle ω\omega. Through AA two lines are drawn, the first intersect ω\omega at BB and CC, the second, at DD and EE (DD is between AA and EE). The line going through DD and parallel to BCBC intersects ω\omega at FDF \neq D, and the line AFAF intersects ω\omega at TFT \neq F. Let BCBC and ETET intersect at MM, NN be symmetric to AA with respect to MM, and KK be the midpoint of BCBC. Prove that the points DD, EE, KK, NN are cyclic.

Solution

Оскільки DFBCDF \parallel BC, то DFA=CAF\angle DFA = \angle CAF. До того ж, DFA=DFT=DET\angle DFA = \angle DFT = \angle DET як вписані, що спираються на одну дугу. Отже, AMTEMA\triangle AMT \sim \triangle EMA за двома кутами, звідки AMMT=EMAM\frac{AM}{MT} = \frac{EM}{AM}, тобто AM2=EMMTAM^2 = EM \cdot MT. За властивістю січних, MEMT=MBMCME \cdot MT = MB \cdot MC. Тому
AM2=MBMC=(ABAM)(ACAM)=ABACAM(AB+AC)+AM2. AM^2 = MB \cdot MC = (AB - AM) \cdot (AC - AM) = AB \cdot AC - AM \cdot (AB + AC) + AM^2.
Звідси ABAC=AM(AB+AC)AB \cdot AC = AM \cdot (AB + AC). Оскільки KK — середина BCBC, то AB+AC=2AKAB + AC = 2AK. За властивістю січних маємо ABAC=ADAEAB \cdot AC = AD \cdot AE. Отже, ADAE=AM2AKAD \cdot AE = AM \cdot 2AK. Оскільки MM — середина ANAN, то останню рівність можна записати у вигляді ADAE=ANAKAD \cdot AE = AN \cdot AK. Тому точки D,E,KD, E, K і NN лежать на одному колі.

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