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China geometry
Problem
As shown in the figure, and are tangent to the inscribed circle of at and . and are the midpoints of , respectively. intersects at . Prove that , , are collinear.

Solution
Join , and it is obvious that . Then join and . Suppose intersects at . Since , we obtain . Hence, , and Join , , , then Therefore, , , , are concyclic, and . Consequently, since and represent the same point, we conclude that , , are collinear.
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