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Geometry Difficulty 5.8 AIME, harder Prove it

One, (50 points) Given that O1\odot O_{1} and O2\odot O_{2} intersect at two distinct points AA and BB, points PP and EE are on O1\odot O_{1}, points QQ and FF are on O2\odot O_{2}, and it is satisfied that EFEF is a common tangent of the two circles, PQEFPQ \parallel EF, and PEPE intersects QFQF at point RR. Prove:
PBR=QBR \angle P B R = \angle Q B R \text{. }

Solution

As shown in Figure 6, let the radii of O1\odot O_{1} and O2\odot O_{2} be r1r_{1} and r2r_{2}, respectively. Draw a line through point BB parallel to EFEF intersecting O1\odot O_{1} and O2\odot O_{2} at points GG and HH, respectively.
Let BRPQ=Z,BGEP=X,BHFQ=YB R \cap P Q=Z, B G \cap E P=X, B H \cap F Q=Y,
PQEO1=N1,PQFO2=N2P Q \cap E O_{1}=N_{1}, P Q \cap F O_{2}=N_{2},
BGEO1=M1,BHFO2=M2B G \cap E O_{1}=M_{1}, B H \cap F O_{2}=M_{2}.
EM1=FM2=a,EN1=FN2=bE M_{1}=F M_{2}=a, E N_{1}=F N_{2}=b.
It is easy to see that EG=2r1a,EP=2r1bE G=\sqrt{2 r_{1} a}, E P=\sqrt{2 r_{1} b},
EX=abEP=ab2r1aE X=\frac{a}{b} E P=\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{2 r_{1} a}.
Thus, EXEG=ab\frac{E X}{E G}=\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}.
By EGXBPX\triangle E G X \backsim \triangle B P X, we know EXEG=BXBP=ab\frac{E X}{E G}=\frac{B X}{B P}=\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}.
Similarly, BYBQ=ab\frac{B Y}{B Q}=\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}.
Therefore, BXBP=BYBQ\frac{B X}{B P}=\frac{B Y}{B Q}, which means BPBQ=BXBY\frac{B P}{B Q}=\frac{B X}{B Y}.
Since PQXYP Q \parallel X Y, we have PZQZ=BXBY=BPBQ\frac{P Z}{Q Z}=\frac{B X}{B Y}=\frac{B P}{B Q}.
Thus, PBR=QBR\angle P B R=\angle Q B R.

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