Baltic Way 1994 · Problem 11
Geometry
Let and be two perpendicular diameters of a circle . A line touches at point . Let and be two points on , symmetric with respect to the diameter . Denote the intersection points of with the lines and by and , respectively. Show that .
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Topics
Circles and tangency · Angles and distances
Solutions
Solution
Solution:
We have (see Figure 1). Thus, the triangles and are similar. Also, the triangles and are similar and the triangles and are congruent. Hence, the triangles and are similar which implies and .
Figure 1
Contest context
Results from Baltic Way 1994
9 teams
- Mean score
- 4.2 / 5
- Scores of 4 or 5
- 7 / 9
- Estonia
- 5 / 5
Score distribution
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11
20
31
41
56
All team scores
| Team | Score |
|---|---|
| St. Petersburg | 3 / 5 |
| Latvia | 5 / 5 |
| Poland | 5 / 5 |
| Sweden | 5 / 5 |
| Denmark | 1 / 5 |
| Estonia | 5 / 5 |
| Finland | 5 / 5 |
| Lithuania | 4 / 5 |
| Iceland | 5 / 5 |