A circle with center passes through the vertices and of a regular pentagon . The line intersects the circle the second time at point . Point on the circle is chosen in such a way that and . Prove that the lines , and meet in a common point.
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
The internal angles of a regular pentagon have size . Thus , implying (Fig. 7). As , we have and . Since , and , the triangles and are equal, implying that . As , we obtain , implying that , and are collinear.
Let the lines and meet at point (Fig. 8). As , we have . Consequently also , whence
Fig. 7

Fig. 8
similarity of triangles and implies .
Let the lines and meet at point (Fig. 9). Lines and coincide because , and are collinear. Consequently, , whence similarity of triangles and implies .
Since and , we have , implying .
Solution 2
The internal angles of a regular pentagon have size . Thus (Fig. 10), implying . As , we have . Since , and , the triangles and are equal, implying also . Therefore , whereas . Consequently, , implying also .
Let the lines and meet at point (Fig. 11). As , we obtain . By assumptions, and ; hence also . As because of , the triangles and are similar. Thus . Consequently, points , and are collinear, meaning that the line passes through .

Fig. 10

Fig. 11
Remark: The claim follows directly from Desargues's theorem.