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51st Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad, 3rd Round

Ukraine geometry

Problem

Two circles touch each other externally at point . Consider two diameters , of the same direction. Circle with the center on the common internal tangent passes through the point of intersection of , , and meets these lines at points , . Prove that is perpendicular to , .
Solution
Since point is a center of homothety that transforms one circle into another, then , (fig. 21).

Let . Then, . Therefore is cyclic and , which implies that .

Techniques

HomothetyTangentsCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing