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Geometry Difficulty 6.8 National olympiad Find the answer

Let AB AB be the diameter of a circle with a center O O and radius 1 1. Let C C and D D be two points on the circle such that AC AC and BD BD intersect at a point Q Q situated inside of the circle, and AQB 2 COD\text{AQB 2 COD}. Let P P be a point that intersects the tangents to the circle that pass through the points C C and D D.

Determine the length of segment OP OP.

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

1. Let AB AB be the diameter of the circle with center O O and radius 1 1 . Since AB AB is the diameter, AOB=180 \angle AOB = 180^\circ .
2. Let C C and D D be points on the circle such that AC AC and BD BD intersect at point Q Q inside the circle, and AQB=2COD \angle AQB = 2 \angle COD .
3. Let COD=x \angle COD = x . Then, AQB=2x \angle AQB = 2x .
4. Since AC AC and BD BD intersect at Q Q , we can use the fact that the sum of the angles around point Q Q is 360 360^\circ . Therefore, CAQ+QAB+QBD+DQC=360 \angle CAQ + \angle QAB + \angle QBD + \angle DQC = 360^\circ .
5. Let CAO=ACO=m \angle CAO = \angle ACO = m and DBO=BDO=n \angle DBO = \angle BDO = n . Since CAO \angle CAO and ACO \angle ACO are angles subtended by the same arc CO CO , they are equal. Similarly, DBO \angle DBO and BDO \angle BDO are equal.
6. In AQB \triangle AQB , the sum of the angles is 180 180^\circ . Therefore, m+n=1802x m + n = 180^\circ - 2x .
7. Since COD=x \angle COD = x , the angles around point O O must add up to 360 360^\circ . Therefore, 2m+2n=3602x 2m + 2n = 360^\circ - 2x .
8. Simplifying, we get m+n=180x m + n = 180^\circ - x .
9. From steps 6 and 8, we have two equations:
m+n=1802x m + n = 180^\circ - 2x
m+n=x m + n = x
10. Equating the two expressions for m+n m + n , we get:
1802x=x 180^\circ - 2x = x
11. Solving for x x , we get:
180=3x    x=60 180^\circ = 3x \implies x = 60^\circ
12. Therefore, COD=60 \angle COD = 60^\circ and AQB=2×60=120 \angle AQB = 2 \times 60^\circ = 120^\circ .
13. Since COD=60 \angle COD = 60^\circ , triangles POD POD and COP COP are 306090 30^\circ-60^\circ-90^\circ triangles with DO=CO=1 DO = CO = 1 (radius of the circle).
14. In a 306090 30^\circ-60^\circ-90^\circ triangle, the ratio of the sides opposite the 30 30^\circ , 60 60^\circ , and 90 90^\circ angles are 1:3:2 1 : \sqrt{3} : 2 .
15. Therefore, the length of PO PO (the side opposite the 60 60^\circ angle) is:
PO=23=233 PO = \frac{2}{\sqrt{3}} = \frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}

The final answer is 233 \boxed{\frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}} .

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