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18th Turkish Mathematical Olympiad

Turkey geometry

Problem

The points and lie on a circle with diameter and on different sides of the line . A circle passing through the points and intersects the line segment at a point different from its endpoints, and the line at a point . is the point of intersection of the tangent line to at and the line , and is a point different from lying on the circumcircle of the triangle and satisfying . is the midpoint of the line segment and is the point of intersection of the lines and . Show that the lines and are parallel.
Solution
As is the Simson line for the point and the triangle , is perpendicular to . We have , where is a point on the ray beyond . Therefore , , are collinear. As is perpendicular to , the result follows.

Techniques

Simson lineTangentsAngle chasing