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India 2012 geometry
Problem
The circumcenter of the cyclic quadrilateral is . The second intersection point of the circles and , other than , is , which lies in the interior of the triangle . Choose a point on the extension of beyond , and a point on the extension of beyond . Prove that holds if and only if .

Solution
Let be the radical center of the circles , and . Then the radical axes of any two of these circles, i.e. the lines , and , pass through . Since lies on the shorter arcs and , it follows that lies on the extension of beyond . The radical center satisfies (1) Since the quadrilateral is cyclic, Therefore, holds if and only if the quadrilateral is cyclic, which is equivalent to . Similarly, holds if and only if . Combining with (1),
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Radical axis theoremCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing