is a diameter of circle is a point on such that . Distinct circles and are tangent to at and and to at . The lines and intersect again at and . What is the ratio ?
Solution
Since the problem only deals with ratios, we can assume that the radius of is 1. As we have proven in Problem 5, points and are midpoints of arc . Since is a diameter, is also a diameter, and thus . Let , and denote the center of circles , and . Since is tangent to , we have . But . So is a right triangle, and . Thus, , which means and . Since , we have . Thus .
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