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SAUDI ARABIAN MATHEMATICAL COMPETITIONS

Saudi Arabia geometry

Problem

A circle with center passes through points and and intersects the sides and of triangle at points and , respectively. The circumcircles of triangles and meet at distinct points and . Prove that .

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Solution
Consider an inversion with center and radius . The points , , are collinear and the points , , are, too. The circumcircle of quadrilateral becomes the circumcircle of quadrilateral . In case is outside , let , be the tangent points of 2 tangents from to , then is the midpoint of . Since , , lies on the polar of relative to then , this implies that . In the other cases, we also have lies on the polar of relative to , and the argument is similar.

Remark. This problem can be solve by using the spiral similarity of center or by using the Brocard's theorem.

Techniques

InversionTangentsPolar triangles, harmonic conjugatesSpiral similarityBrocard point, symmedians