A trapezium , in which is parallel to , is inscribed in a circle of radius and centre . The non-parallel sides and are extended to meet at while diagonals and intersect at .
Prove that .
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Let be the mid-point if , then , , , are collinear. We have , hence using symmetry, . This implies that is a cyclic quadrilateral, which implies
From we have . By symmetry, , hence . This implies , hence triangles and are similar and so, using
which gives .
Solution 2
From we see that . The central angle stands on the same arc as , hence , by symmetry. Finally, because is perpendicular to , we have . Altogether we obtain . As and share an angle at , it follows now that these two triangles are similar. This implies
which gives .
Considering the external angle of at we see that , because of symmetry. The Central Angle Theorem gives now , hence is a cyclic quadrilateral. By reflection symmetry, is cyclic as well.
Inversion in the circle through maps the line to the circumcircle of and the line to the circumcircle of . Hence, the point is inverted to the intersection point (different from ) of these two circles, which is . This means that .