Let be the incircle of with . is tangent to and at and , respectively. The tangent line of intersects the extended line of at . Segment is parallel to and intersects at point . Line intersects at points and such that is on segment . Segment intersects at the other point . Prove that .
Solution
Therefore, , that is, . Hence, points , and are collinear.
Line intersects . By Menelaus' Theorem, we have
Since , and , we have
Let the extension of intersect at point . Then line intersects . By Menelaus' Theorem,
Since is parallel to , , we have
By ① and ②, we have . Hence, . Thus, we have , and . Further, since , therefore .
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