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37th Iranian Mathematical Olympiad

Iran geometry

Problem

Given an inscribed pentagon with circumcircle . Line passes through vertex and is tangent to . Points lie on so that lies between and . Circumcircle of triangle intersects segment at and circumcircle of triangle intersects segment at . Lines intersect at , and lines at . Prove that circumcircle of triangles and are tangent.
Solution
Assume the circumcircles of and meet for the second time at . Since we find out that is concyclic. We have



Therefore, is inscribed in a circle called . Let's say the tangent line to at meets at . We have As a result, is tangent to the circumcircle of . So, the two circles are tangent at .

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TangentsCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing