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Bulgarian National Mathematical Olympiad

Bulgaria geometry

Problem

The hexagon is inscribed and the line intersects the segments , , and in points , , and , respectively. Prove that .
Solution
First solution. Denote , , , , and . Then we consecutively have

Second solution. We choose such that and is between and . Then and therefore , whence . Analogously, implies and we have the desired result.

Techniques

Spiral similarityTrigonometryAngle chasing