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Print45th Mongolian Mathematical Olympiad
Mongolia geometry
Problem
Given circles centered with and external tangent to each other at point . A tangent line with and meet at points . Also, a line passing through with perpendicular to and line meet at . The line and segment met at , line and segment meet at . Prove that is midpoint of segment. (proposed by B. Battsengel)

Solution
Let be the line tangent to , in the be the opposite point of for diameter. Hence, it's enough to show that , , are collinear. Now assume and . The triangles and are similar, hence . The triangles
and are similar, hence .
Calculating length of , and observe that , if and only if Let if , , then the points be the diameters end point of . Furthermore, , we get that passes through the point , which is midpoint of . Thus diameter with circles on the points . For above circles we get and for we have . From here . In the last equation if we put and then . Considering with (1) and then .
and are similar, hence .
Calculating length of , and observe that , if and only if Let if , , then the points be the diameters end point of . Furthermore, , we get that passes through the point , which is midpoint of . Thus diameter with circles on the points . For above circles we get and for we have . From here . In the last equation if we put and then . Considering with (1) and then .
Techniques
TangentsCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing