Question 4 Let be the circumcircle of acute-angled , and let points and lie on segments and , respectively, such that . The perpendicular bisectors of segments and intersect the minor arcs and of circle at points and , respectively. Prove that line is parallel to or coincides with line .
(59th IMO)
Solution
Proof: Let the perpendicular bisectors of and intersect and at points and , respectively, and intersect the circle at the second points and . Extend and to intersect the circle at points and . Draw the auxiliary lines as shown in Figure 5.
we get .
Since is an isosceles triangle, then .
Thus, .
Similarly, .
Therefore, points , , , and lie on a circle with as the center and as the radius, so
Hence,
Since , we have .
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