Let be an acute-angled triangle with and let be an arbitrary point on the extension of beyond . The circle intersects the rays , at points , respectively. The circumcircle of triangle intersects the lines again at points . The circumcircle of triangle intersects the lines again at points . Prove that the quadrilaterals and are cyclic and that their circumcenters coincide.
(Greece)
Solution
From we deduce that . Similarly, , so we also have . Therefore, points are collinear. Analogously, we find that the triples of points and are collinear.
Quadrilateral is cyclic because . Analogously, quadrilateral is cyclic.
Finally, since , quadrilateral is an isosceles trapezoid with , so the perpendicular bisectors of and coincide. Analogously, the perpendicular bisectors of and coincide. Therefore the circumcenters of and coincide.
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