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Iranian Mathematical Olympiad

Iran geometry

Problem

Let be a quadrilateral and is a circle inscribed in it. The circle is tangent to and at and , respectively and meets at , for the second time. If , are tangent to the circumcircle of , prove that is cyclic.

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Solution
Let be the circumcircle of and be the perpendicular bisector of . Note that lines , are external common tangents to , , therefore they are reflection of each other with respect to . Suppose that is tangent to at , and is the reflection of with respect to . The line is the reflection of with respect to hence passes through , and passes through .

It is clear that is an isosceles trapezoid therefore is cyclic and it is suffices to prove that the circumcircle of passes through . Note that therefore is cyclic and we have Which implies that is cyclic.

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Inscribed/circumscribed quadrilateralsCyclic quadrilateralsTangentsAngle chasing