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FINAL ROUND

Belarus geometry

Problem

The sides and of the trapezoid () are the diameters of the circles and . meets the segments and at points and , respectively. meets the segments and at points and , respectively. Prove that .
Solution
Construct the circumference with the diameter . passes through and . Indeed, ( is the diameter of ) then , so belongs to . Similarly so also belongs to . Now construct the circumference with the diameter . We conclude similarly that and belong to .

Note that and Since , we have , and so , which gives , as required.

Techniques

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