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SELECTION EXAMINATION

Greece geometry

Problem

Let be an acute angled triangle inscribed in a circle and a point on the side such that . The circle intersects the line at point and the circle at . Prove that the quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle passing through .
Solution
The triangle is isosceles and hence . The angle is inscribed in the circle and , and hence the quadrilateral is cyclic.

Next we will prove that the quadrilateral is cyclic. In fact, if be the counter point of in the circle . Then the triangle is right angled at , and hence . The angles and are equal (inscribed in the circle and they correspond to the same arch ). Hence: (1).

From the isosceles triangle we have: (2)

From (1), (2) we have: . Hence the quadrilateral is cyclic.

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing