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Saudi Arabia Mathematical Competitions 2012

Saudi Arabia 2012 geometry

Problem

Let be an arbitrary triangle. A circle passes through and and intersects the lines and in and , respectively. The projections of the points and on are denoted by and , respectively. The projections of the points and on are denoted by and , respectively.

Prove that the points , , and lie on the same circle.
Solution
Let be the intersection point of the lines and . The quadrilaterals and are cyclic, so and . Since is also cyclic, . It follows that , so is a cyclic quadrilateral.

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Alternative solution.

Using the power of a point theorem, one has: From these one easily obtains which proves that the quadrilateral is cyclic, using the reciprocal of the power of a point theorem.

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing