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Geometry Difficulty 5.0 AIME Prove it Taiwan

Circles O1O_1 and O2O_2 intersect at two points BB and CC, and BCBC is the diameter of circle O1O_1. Construct a tangent line of circle O1O_1 at CC and intersecting circle O2O_2 at another point AA. We join ABAB to intersect O1O_1 at point EE, then join CECE and extend it to intersect circle O2O_2 at point FF. Assume that HH is an arbitrary point on the line segment AFAF. We join HEHE and extend it to intersect circle O1O_1 at point GG, and join BGBG and extend it to intersect the extended line of ACAC at point DD.
Prove that AHHF=ACCD\frac{AH}{HF} = \frac{AC}{CD}.

Solution

由於 BCBC 是圓 O1O_1 的直徑, ACDACDO1O_1 的切線, 所以 BCADBC \perp AD, ACB=90\angle ACB = 90^\circ。故 ABAB 為圓 O2O_2 的直徑。
因為 BEC=90\angle BEC = 90^\circ, 所以 ABCFAB \perp CF, 故 FAB=CAB\angle FAB = \angle CAB

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CGCG, 知 CGBDCG \perp BD。故
ADB=BCG=BEG=AEH, \angle ADB = \angle BCG = \angle BEG = \angle AEH,
所以 AHEABD\triangle AHE \sim \triangle ABD。於是有 AHAE=ABAD\frac{AH}{AE} = \frac{AB}{AD}, 即 AHAD=AEABAH \cdot AD = AE \cdot AB
由圓幂定理知 AC2=AEABAC^2 = AE \cdot AB, 故 AHAD=AEAB=AC2=ACAFAH \cdot AD = AE \cdot AB = AC^2 = AC \cdot AF。所以 AHAF=ACAD\frac{AH}{AF} = \frac{AC}{AD}, 再由合分比知 AHHF=ACCD\frac{AH}{HF} = \frac{AC}{CD}, 證畢。

Since BCBC is the diameter of circle O1O_1, and ACDACD is a tangent line of O1O_1, we have BCADBC \perp AD, ACB=90\angle ACB = 90^\circ. Hence ABAB is the diameter of circle O2O_2.
Because BEC=90\angle BEC = 90^\circ, we have ABCFAB \perp CF, hence FAB=CAB\angle FAB = \angle CAB.

Figure 1

Join CGCG, and we know CGBDCG \perp BD. Hence
ADB=BCG=BEG=AEH, \angle ADB = \angle BCG = \angle BEG = \angle AEH,
so AHEABD\triangle AHE \sim \triangle ABD. Thus we have AHAE=ABAD\frac{AH}{AE} = \frac{AB}{AD}, that is, AHAD=AEABAH \cdot AD = AE \cdot AB.
By the power of a point theorem, AC2=AEABAC^2 = AE \cdot AB, hence AHAD=AEAB=AC2=ACAFAH \cdot AD = AE \cdot AB = AC^2 = AC \cdot AF. Therefore AHAF=ACAD\frac{AH}{AF} = \frac{AC}{AD}, and then by the property of composition of ratios, AHHF=ACCD\frac{AH}{HF} = \frac{AC}{CD}. This completes the proof.

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