Let be a triangle with . Let be the circumcenter of . Find the distance between the circumcenters of triangles and .
Solution
Let be the intersections of the tangents to the circumcircle of at and at respectively. Note that is cyclic with diameter , so the circumcenter of is the midpoint of , and similarly for the other side. So the length we want is . The circumradius of can be computed by Heron's formula and , giving . A few applications of the Pythagorean theorem and similar triangles gives , so the answer is
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