Y by Adventure10, Mango247
Hi guys, so I'm struggling with this seemingly simple BMO1 problem:
Let ABC be an acute-angled triangle, and let O be its circumcentre. The circle through C,O and B is called S.
The lines AC and AB meet the circle S again at P and Q respectively. Prove that the lines AO and PQ are
perpendicular.
What I've done so far:
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Let angle QPC=x and angle PQB=y.
PCBQ all lie on a circle, and thus form a cyclic quadrilateral. Therefore, angle QBC=180-x and angle PCQ=180-y. As points P, C, and A are collinear, angle BCA=y. Similarly, angle CBA=x
Because the line AO goes through the circumcentre, it meets line CB at 90 degrees.
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To achieve the desired result, I want to prove that the line CB is parallel to the line PQ.
I think I might be close, but I am terrible at geometry questions so I'm not sure.
Please give me some hints / advice, I'd prefer that to a complete solution. Thank you kindly
Let ABC be an acute-angled triangle, and let O be its circumcentre. The circle through C,O and B is called S.
The lines AC and AB meet the circle S again at P and Q respectively. Prove that the lines AO and PQ are
perpendicular.
What I've done so far:
___________________________
Let angle QPC=x and angle PQB=y.
PCBQ all lie on a circle, and thus form a cyclic quadrilateral. Therefore, angle QBC=180-x and angle PCQ=180-y. As points P, C, and A are collinear, angle BCA=y. Similarly, angle CBA=x
Because the line AO goes through the circumcentre, it meets line CB at 90 degrees.
___________________________
To achieve the desired result, I want to prove that the line CB is parallel to the line PQ.
I think I might be close, but I am terrible at geometry questions so I'm not sure.
Please give me some hints / advice, I'd prefer that to a complete solution. Thank you kindly
