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Romania geometry
Problem
Two circles, and , centred at and , respectively, meet at points and . A line through meets again at , and again at . The tangents to and at and , respectively, meet at , and the line meets the circle through , , again at . Prove that the length of the segment is equal to the diameter of .

Solution
Begin by noticing that the lines and meet at a point on , since . In what follows, we consider the case where and lie on the segments and , respectively; the other cases are similar.
Since the angles and are both right, and (the equality in the middle holds on account of lying on ), the points , , , , all lie on the circle on diameter , so is a diameter of , and it is therefore sufficient to show that . Finally, since (the first, respectively third, equality holds on account of , respectively , being cyclic), it follows that the triangle is isosceles with apex at .
Since the angles and are both right, and (the equality in the middle holds on account of lying on ), the points , , , , all lie on the circle on diameter , so is a diameter of , and it is therefore sufficient to show that . Finally, since (the first, respectively third, equality holds on account of , respectively , being cyclic), it follows that the triangle is isosceles with apex at .
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