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Thai Mathematical Olympiad

Thailand geometry

Problem

PA and PB be the tangents to circle from an external point . Let and be the midpoints of and , respectively. Extend to meet at , where is between and . meets at and extend to intersect at . Show that is a rhombus.
Solution
Observe that . Thus, is the circumcenter of and hence .

It can also be seen that .

From the power of the point , .

So, and hence .

Thus, .

Since , , , are cyclic, the power of the point tells us that Thus, , , , are also cyclic and hence .

Since , . Thus, So, , , , are cyclic and hence .

We can now see that Thus, . Therefore, is a rhombus.

Techniques

TangentsRadical axis theoremCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasingTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circle