Y by Adventure10, Mango247
Let
be a diameter of the circle
and
a chord with given length on this circle.
neither coincides nor is perpendicular to
.
Let
be the orthogonal projections of
and
on
and
the midpoint of
.
Prove that
does not depend on the chord
.
![$[mn]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/3/c/9/3c9b75cda1e8e356ec62e6a47910aced04a872a6.png)

![$[AB]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/d/a/ada6f54288b7a2cdd299eba0055f8c8d19916b4b.png)
![$[AB]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/d/a/ada6f54288b7a2cdd299eba0055f8c8d19916b4b.png)
![$[MN]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/6/2/162e03b9cf481dcfb3d5bdf078be84feab5d2f6e.png)
Let



![$[MN]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/6/2/162e03b9cf481dcfb3d5bdf078be84feab5d2f6e.png)

![$[AB]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/d/a/ada6f54288b7a2cdd299eba0055f8c8d19916b4b.png)
Prove that

![$[AB]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/d/a/ada6f54288b7a2cdd299eba0055f8c8d19916b4b.png)