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Ukraine geometry
Problem
A circle touches the side of a triangle at the vertex and intersects the side at the vertex and a point . Another circle touches the side at the vertex and intersects the side at the vertex and a point . is the point of intersection of the line segments and . Prove that the triangle is isosceles.
Solution
Denote by the second point of intersection of the circles and join with all the vertices of the triangle (fig. 42). Then we have: (the angle subtended by of the first circle). On the other hand, (the angle subtended by of the second circle). Similarly, . So, , which implies that the triangle is isosceles ().
Techniques
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