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IMO 2019 Shortlisted Problems

2019 geometry

Problem

Let be a triangle. Circle passes through , meets segments and again at points and respectively, and intersects segment at and such that lies between and . The tangent to circle at and the tangent to circle at meet at point . Suppose that points and are distinct. Prove that line is parallel to .

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Solution
Notice that because is tangent to circle , and moreover because quadrilateral is cyclic. Similarly, because is tangent to circle , and . Hence, Triangles and have a common side , and by (1) their angles at are the same. So, these triangles are congruent. So, their altitudes starting from and , respectively, are equal and hence is parallel to line .

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