Given a triangle , let be the midpoint of . The circle passing through and tangent to at cuts and at and respectively. Suppose and are concyclic. Show that .
Solution
Firstly, consider the power of with respect to . This gives
Similarly, we get
by considering the power of with respect to the same circle. As is the midpoint of , the two expressions are equal, so that
Next, since are concyclic, we have
by considering the power of . Adding (1) and (2), we get
This gives .

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