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Slovenija 2008

Slovenia 2008 geometry

Problem

Let be a right triangle with the right angle at . On the segment choose a point different from and . Denote the circumcircle of the triangle by . Let be a point on the side such that is perpendicular to . Let be the second intersection of the line with , denote the intersection of lines and by and let the line meet again at . Prove that triangles and are similar.

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Solution
The sum of the two opposite angles and in the quadrilateral is , so this quadrilateral is cyclic. Set . Then

. Points , , , are concyclic, so . We have , so angles and in the quadrilateral are equal and this quadrilateral is also cyclic.

Let . Since is cyclic, we have . Points , , and all lie on , so .

Denote . Since the quadrilateral is cyclic, we have , so . Points , , and are concyclic, so , and . But we have already shown that . Triangles and have two congruent angles, so they are similar.

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing