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Estonia geometry
Problem
Let be a regular pentagon and let be the circle with diameter . Diagonals and intersect the circle at points and , respectively. Line intersects the side at point . Let be the midpoint of the side . Prove that points , and are concyclic.

Solution
As is a diameter of , (Fig. 27) and is an altitude of triangle . From , is a median and is the midpoint of . By symmetry, point lies on and . Notice that , as , and are inscribed angles that subtend to equal arcs of the circumcircle of the regular pentagon . Points and lie on circle in this order, thus . Hence, and are similar from two angles, implying . Therefore, the opposite angles at and of quadrilateral are right angles and it is cyclic. Fig. 27
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