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Team Selection Test for IMO 2023

Turkey 2023 geometry

Problem

For the points , , , , located on the circle in the given order the lengths of arcs and are equal. The circle which passes through and is tangent to at intersects the line segment at points and . The second intersection point of the circle which passes through and is tangent to at with the line segment is . Show that .
Solution
The oriented angle equalities and imply the oriented similarity , and the oriented angle equalities and imply the oriented similarity . If we put a C-coordinate system on the plane such that is at the origin, these similarities would be expressed as . Then letting , one gets the oriented similarities and . Consequently one gets , hence is on the circle , hence .

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