The lines tangent to the circumcircle of triangle at points and intersect at point . The circumcircle of triangle intersects the lines and the second time at points and , respectively. Prove that the line bisects the line segment .
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
We prove that is a parallelogram; this implies the desired claim since and are diagonals of this quadrilateral. We prove at first that .
If lies between and (Fig. 19) then by inscribed angles and . Consequently, , implying .
If lies between and (Fig. 20) then by inscribed angles and . Consequently, , implying .
If lies between and (Fig. 21) then by inscribed angles and . Consequently, , implying again.
Analogously, we can show that . Altogether, this establishes that is a parallelogram.

Fig. 19
Fig. 20
Fig. 21
Solution 2
By inscribed angles, , implying that the triangles and are similar. Let the lines and intersect at point .

Fig. 19
Let be the midpoint of the side . It is known that the symmedian line drawn through a vertex of a triangle and the lines tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle at the other two vertices meet in one point; hence is the point of intersection of the symmedian line drawn through vertex of the triangle with line . By the definition of symmedian, , whence and are corresponding points in similar triangles and . Thus bisects the line segment .