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Saudi Arabian IMO Booklet

Saudi Arabia geometry

Problem

Let , be the altitudes of an acute-angled triangle . Two circles passing through and are tangent to at points and . Prove that , , , are concyclic.
Solution
Since and the quadrilaterals , are cyclic ( is the altitude) we have Clearly this is equivalent to the required assertion.

Techniques

TangentsCyclic quadrilateralsDistance chasing