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Geometry Difficulty 4.5 AIME Prove it Soviet Union

Problem:

ABCABC is an acute-angled triangle with circumcenter OO. The circumcircle of ABOABO intersects ACAC and BCBC at MM and NN. Show that the circumradii of ABOABO and MNCMNC are the same.

Solution

Solution:

It is sufficient to show that MBN=C\angle MBN = \angle C. But MBN=MBO+OBN=MAO+OBN=MCO+OCN=C\angle MBN = \angle MBO + \angle OBN = \angle MAO + \angle OBN = \angle MCO + \angle OCN = \angle C.

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