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51st Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad, 3rd Round

Ukraine geometry

Problem

Three circles touch externally, , , are their diameters that have the same directions. Prove that , , are concurrent.
Solution
Let circles with diameters , touch at point . By analogy we define , (fig. 22).

Since touching point is a center of homothety that transforms one circle into another, then and so on. Let . Points , , , are cyclic, because



But except point , the line intersects the circle at point , hence , , are concurrent.

Techniques

TangentsHomothetyCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing