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SELECTION and TRAINING SESSION

Belarus geometry

Problem

Given a cyclic quadrilateral with . Points and are marked on the sides and , respectively, so that .

Prove that the circumcenter of the triangle belongs to the segment .
Solution
On the prolongation of the segment over we mark the point such that . Then the triangles and are equal since , , . Hence , , so that the triangles and are equal. It easily follows that . Let , be the intersection points of and the circumcircle of the triangle .

Since , we have . Besides, This equality along with means that is the circumcenter of the triangle .

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleAngle chasingConstructions and loci