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In the following, the point of intersection of two lines
and
will be abbreviated as
.
Suppose
is a triangle in which
and
. Let
be the circumcircle of the triangle
. Let
and
be the tangents to the circle
at
and
, respectively.
Let
and
. Furthermore, let
, and let
. Denote by
the foot of the perpendicular from
on
. Denote by
the point of intersection of the line
with the circle
(different from
). Denote by
be the point of intersection of the line
with the circle
(different from
). Finally, define
. Prove that
![\[ \frac {SU \cdot SP}{TU \cdot TP} = \frac {SA^{2}}{TA^{2}}.
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![\[ \frac {SU \cdot SP}{TU \cdot TP} = \frac {SA^{2}}{TA^{2}}.
\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/8/0/c/80ce6726a475d2b98b418f9d72e4d3df89d67b5a.png)