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Problem
Let be a triangle. Line is parallel to and it respectively intersects side at point , side at point , and the circumcircle of the triangle at points and , where points lie in this order on . The circumcircles of triangles and intersect at points and . Prove that points are collinear.
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Solution
Let be the circumcircles of triangles and respectively. Since is the radical axis of and , it is sufficient to prove that the powers of with respect to and are equal. If we denote by the second intersection of and , and by the second intersection of and , then this is equivalent to Lines and are parallel, yielding , so the above is equivalent to This, in turn, is equivalent to being concyclic. From angles in and we have On the other hand, trapezoid is inscribed in the circumcircle of , so it is isosceles, hence . We conclude that , so are indeed concyclic and we are done. □
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Radical axis theoremCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing