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Selection tests for the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2013

Saudi Arabia 2013 geometry

Problem

is a cyclic quadrilateral and its circumcircle. The perpendicular line to at intersects at and at . Denote by the perpendicular line to at . The perpendicular line to at intersects at and at . Line intersects at and at . Prove that points , , , and are concyclic.

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Solution
To prove that , , , and are concyclic, it is equivalent to prove that or , depending on the configuration. We will present here the proof for one configuration. The proof for the other configuration is similar.



Because is cyclic, we have .

Because , the quadrilateral is cyclic, and therefore .

It remains to prove that , which is equivalent to proving that quadrilateral is cyclic.

But since is cyclic. On the other hand, because is cyclic, we deduce that . Therefore, , which proves that is cyclic.

Techniques

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