A hexagon is inscribed in a circle. If the sides and are parallel and so are the sides and , prove that the sides and are also parallel.
Solution
Since the sides and are not parallel, the lines and intersect. Call the point of their intersection . Similarly, let and be the points of intersections of the lines , and of the lines , , respectively.
Since the quadrilateral is inscribed in the circle, we have . As the lines , are parallel, . We also have , since the quadrilateral is inscribed in the circle. Finally, we have since the lines and are parallel. Putting these identities together, we get , which implies that the sides and are parallel.
Alternate Solution: Since the lines and are parallel, we have . Let be the common value of these angles. Similarly, we have , whose value we call . Using the properties of quadrilaterals inscribed in a circle, we obtain
From this we get which implies that the sides and are parallel.