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Iran geometry
Problem
Given triangle , variable points and are chosen on segments and , respectively. Let be a point on the line such that . The circumcircle of intersects the line at , for the second time. Point is chosen on line such that . Let be a point on the same side of line as , satisfying and . Prove that the circumcircle of triangle passes through a fixed point (as and vary).

Solution
Let be the intersection of with the circumcircle of and be the intersection of . Note that is the external angle bisector of and is perpendicular to , so is the angle bisector of . Thus and are concurrent. Let be the intersection of these lines, and be the intersection of . By looking through point , we have . By projecting to the circumcircle of and also projecting this circle onto through we have This shows that is the intersection of the circumcircle of with symmedian and the proof is complete as the circumcircle of triangle passes through this fixed point .
Techniques
Brocard point, symmediansPolar triangles, harmonic conjugatesAngle chasing