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Saudi Arabia Mathematical Competitions 2012

Saudi Arabia 2012 geometry

Problem

The median , , of the acute-angled triangle intersects the circumcircle of triangle at . Let be the symmetric point of with respect to . Prove that is the common tangent of the circumcircles of triangles and .

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Solution


is a parallelogram. We have , so is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle . Similarly, from , it follows that is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle .

Techniques

TangentsAngle chasing