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49th Mathematical Olympiad in Ukraine

Ukraine geometry

Problem

A parallelogram with is given. Let be the circle with diameter and the circle with diameter . meets line at the point , meets the line at the points and , and line at the point . Suppose that , and . Find the ratio of the areas of the triangles and .

Answer: .

problem
Solution
Finally, and are chords in the circle , hence , which implies:

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Final answer
(a/b)^2

Techniques

Radical axis theoremAngle chasingTriangle trigonometry