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XI APMO

geometry

Problem

Let and be two circles intersecting at and . The common tangent, closer to , of and touches at and at . The tangent of at meets at , which is different from and the extension of meets at . Prove that the circumcircle of triangle is tangent to and .
Solution
Let , and . Then, since is tangent to , we have . Thus are concyclic.

Since is a common tangent to and then and . Therefore, since are concyclic, and . Thus .

Since is an exterior angle of triangle , . We have

So circumcircle of is tangent to and .

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