For an acute triangle : its circumcircle with center , the circumcircle of the triangle and the diameter of were drawn. The points and were taken on the lines and respectively in such a way that the quadrilateral is a parallelogram. Prove that the intersection point of the lines and belongs to the circle .
Solution
Let the line meet the circle again at the point . We will show that the points , , are collinear. Since is the diameter of the circle , and are tangents to the circle . Let . Then (as angles between tangents and a chord), and (as inscribed angles in the circle ), (as angles at parallel lines). Hence , so the quadrilateral is cyclic and .
Next, depending on the order of the points , , and on the line, we consider the following cases. If the point lies between and , then . Thus, the quadrilateral is cyclic, and . If the point lies between and , then . Then the quadrilateral is cyclic, and . We see that in both cases, the equality holds, which proves that is the intersection point of the lines and .
Another solution, proposed by 11th grade student Roman Cheplyaka (Odessa), is based on an additional construction. Namely, construct the circle on the segment as a diameter. Let be the point of intersection of the circles and different from . Since as inscribed angles subtended by the diameter, the point lies on (so this is the same point as in the first solution). Let be the midpoint of the side (and the intersection point of the diagonals of the parallelogram ). Then the line is the perpendicular bisector of . Hence, , and the point also lies on . Since the inscribed angles and in the circle are equal, and , we have . In addition, as angles inscribed in . Let be the intersection point of the lines and . Since the angle is acute and the angle is right, these lines do intersect, and one of two cases occurs: either the point lies between and , or the point lies between and .
In the first case, we have the equalities , so the quadrilateral is cyclic and . In the second case, , so the quadrilateral is cyclic and . We see that in both cases the equality holds, from which it follows that . Thus, the point coincides with the point , and the line coincides with the line (which contains the diagonal of the parallelogram ). Therefore, the point lies simultaneously on the circle and on the lines and .