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62nd Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad, Third Round, Second Tour

Ukraine geometry

Problem

In a right triangle with right angle on the sides , and points and correspondingly were chosen so that and . Prove that . (Mykhailo Shtandenko)

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Solution
Consider the point , symmetric to the point with respect to point (fig. 13). Then , and , so points lie on the same line. Then from the statement it follows, that Fig. 13 so points are concyclic. Therefore As , and , the equality above is rewritten as . From this in it follows that .

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