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Belarusian Mathematical Olympiad

Belarus geometry

Problem

The point is marked inside the triangle . The circumcircles of the triangles and intersect the side again at and respectively. The line intersects the side at , and the line intersects the side at . Prove that .

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Solution
First we prove that the points , , and lie on the same circle. Since the quadrilateral is cyclic, . Similarly . Now from the equality it follows that the quadrilateral is cyclic. Therefore .

Since the points , , and lie on the circle, . So and .

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing