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30th Junior Turkish Mathematical Olympiad

Turkey geometry

Problem

Let be a parallelogram. Suppose that a point is chosen on the arc of the circumcircle of not containing ; a point is chosen on the extension of the segment on the side such that . Show that the circumcircle of is tangent to the line .
Solution
The equalities and imply the similarity . Hence , then the equality implies the similarity . Therefore , thus the circle is tangent to the line .

Techniques

TangentsAngle chasing