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Geometry Difficulty 5.7 AIME, harder Prove it

2. As shown in Figure 1,PAB1, P A B and PCDP C D are two secants of O\odot O, ADA D intersects BCB C at point Q,TQ, T is a point on segment BQB Q, segment PTP T intersects O\odot O at point KK, line QKQ K intersects segment PAP A at point SS. Prove: If STPQS T \parallel P Q, then points B,S,K,TB, S, K, T are concyclic.

Solution

2. Connect AKA K.
 Given ST//PQSKKQ=TKKP. \begin{array}{l} \text { Given } S T / / P Q \\ \Rightarrow \frac{S K}{K Q}=\frac{T K}{K P} . \end{array}

Notice, SKKQ=SASKSAKQ=ASsinSAKAQsinKAQ\frac{S K}{K Q}=\frac{S_{\triangle A S K}}{S_{\triangle A K Q}}=\frac{A S \sin \angle S A K}{A Q \sin \angle K A Q}.
Since SAK=TCK,KAQ=PCK\angle S A K=\angle T C K, \angle K A Q=\angle P C K, then
SKKQ=ASsinTCKAQsinPCK \frac{S K}{K Q}=\frac{A S \sin \angle T C K}{A Q \sin \angle P C K} \text {. }

Notice, TKKP=SCTKSCKP=CTsinTCKCPsinPCK\frac{T K}{K P}=\frac{S_{\triangle C T K}}{S_{\triangle C K P}}=\frac{C T \sin \angle T C K}{C P \sin \angle P C K}. Combining (1) and (2), we get ASAQ=CTCP\frac{A S}{A Q}=\frac{C T}{C P}.
 Also, SAQ=180BAD=180BCD=TCPASQCTPASK=CTK. \begin{array}{l} \text { Also, } \angle S A Q=180^{\circ}-\angle B A D \\ =180^{\circ}-\angle B C D=\angle T C P \\ \Rightarrow \triangle A S Q \backsim \triangle C T P \\ \Rightarrow \angle A S K=\angle C T K . \end{array}

Therefore, BSKTB 、 S 、 K 、 T are concyclic.

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