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59th Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad

Ukraine geometry

Problem

A circle passes through vertices A, B of a parallelogram , and intersects diagonals and in points and , respectively. Circumscribed circle of intersects diagonal in point . Prove that .
Solution
Since , , , lie on one circle, and , , , lie on another circle (fig. 26),



Since is a parallelogram, , hence, , which yields .

Techniques

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