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[hide]Problem
Let and be concentric circles, with in the interior of . From a point on one draws the tangent to (). Let be the second point of intersection of and , and let be the midpoint of . A line passing through intersects at and in such a way that the perpendicular bisectors of and intersect at a point on . Find, with proof, the ratio .
Solution
First, . Because , and all lie on a circle, . Therefore, , so . Thus, quadrilateral is cyclic, and must be the center of the circumcircle of , which implies that . Putting it all together,
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Solution 2
See Also
1998 USAMO (Problems • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 1 |
Followed by Problem 3 | |
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All USAMO Problems and Solutions |
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