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PrintSELECTION EXAMINATION 2019
Greece 2019 geometry
Problem
Let be a triangle with circumcircle , such that and let be the antipodal point of with respect to the circle . The perpendicular bisector of meets at , at and at . The line intersects the circle at point . Let be the second point of intersection of the circles and . Prove that the lines , and are concurrent.

Solution
We will prove that the point belongs to the circle and the point belongs to the circle , that is the quadrilaterals and are cyclic. Then we conclude the following: the line is the radical axis of the circles and , the line is the radical axis of the circles and and the line is the radical axis and , and therefore the lines , and are passing through the radical center of the three circles.
Since is diameter of the circle , we have and so . Also, is the perpendicular bisector of the segment , and so: . From the last two angle equalities we conclude that the quadrilateral NAOΔ is cyclic.
The triangle is isosceles with (because belongs to the perpendicular bisector ), and so . Therefore taking in mind that we conclude that the isosceles triangles and are equal. Therefore Hence the triangles and are equal, because they have their sides equal one to one and so Moreover we have that From relations (1) and (2) it follows that , from which we conclude that the quadrilateral MOΓT is cyclic.
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Radical axis theoremCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasingDistance chasing