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Estonia geometry
Problem
The incircle of triangle touches the sides and at points and , respectively. The line intersects the incircle of triangle at point (). A circle passing through point touches the lines and at points and , respectively, and intersects the incircle of triangle at point (). Prove that if then points , and are collinear.

Solution
Note that the circles of the problem can be obtained from each other by homothetic transformation with center since both are tangent to sides and . Let be the other intersection point of the line with the circumcircle of the triangle .
The aforementioned homothety takes point to point , point to point , and point to point . By the homothety, . Hence . Finally, This proves the desired claim that points , and are collinear.
The aforementioned homothety takes point to point , point to point , and point to point . By the homothety, . Hence . Finally, This proves the desired claim that points , and are collinear.
Techniques
Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTangentsHomothetyAngle chasing