Two perpendicular chords of a circle, AM, BN, which intersect at point K, define on the circle four arcs with pairwise different length, with AB being the smallest of them. We draw the chords AD, BC with AD∥BC and C,D different from N,M. If L is the point of intersection of DN, MC and T the point of intersection of DC, KL, prove that ∠KTC=∠KNL.
Solution
Solution:
First we prove that NL⊥MC. The arguments depend slightly on the position of D. The other cases are similar. From the cyclic quadrilaterals ADCM and DNBC we have: D C L = D A M and C D L = C B N. So we obtain D C L + C D L = D A M + C B N. And because AD∥BC, if Z is the point of intersection of AM, BC then D A M = B Z A, and we have D C L + C D L = B Z A + C B N = 90 Let P be the point of intersection of KL, AC, then NP⊥AC, because the line KPL is a Simson line of the point N with respect to the triangle ACM. From the cyclic quadrilaterals NPCL and ANDC we obtain: C P L = C N L and C N L = C A D, so C P L = C A D, that is KL∥AD∥BC therefore K T C = A D C (1).
But A D C = A N C = A N K + K N C = C N L + K N C, so A D C = K N L From (1) and (2) we obtain the result.
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