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

Ukraine geometry

Problem

Consider the circumscribed circle of an obtuse triangle with an obtuse angle . Tangents to this circle at points and meet at point , and the perpendicular to the line at point intersects at point . Prove, that .

(Danylo Khilko)
Solution
First note, that as , point lies on (fig. 1). Also, it's clear that . We will show that lies on the circle with a center and radius . It's enough to prove, that . Indeed, take on the larger arc of circle any point . Then . If this condition holds, then , so points and lie on a circle . As is the center of this circle, .

So, let's prove that . As , and also using the theorem about the angle between the chord and a tangent, we get the following: .

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