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SELECTION EXAMINATION

Greece geometry

Problem

Let be an acute angled triangle with circumcircle . From the midpoint of the side we draw a line perpendicular to which meets at . If the line intersects the line at , prove that the points , , , are cyclic.

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Solution
The external angle of the quadrilateral belongs to the orthogonal triangle , with the acute angle equal to the angle , since . Hence

Let the extension of the radius intersect the circle at . Then and Hence , and the quadrilateral is cyclic.

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Techniques

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