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Team selection tests for JBMO 2018

Saudi Arabia 2018 geometry

Problem

Let be a square inscribed in circle . Let be a point lies on minor arc of . Line intersects at . Line intersects at . Circumcircle of triangle cuts again at . Prove that is parallel to .
Solution
Let be the circumcenter of triangle . Note that so triangle is right isosceles at . Thus, quadrilateral is cyclic. Hence, , this means is bisector of angle , it is also perpendicular bisector of . Since , , we have . Therefore, and are parallel.

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsRadical axis theoremTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleAngle chasing