Five Concyclic PointsThe applet below illustrates a problem proposed by Bui Quang Tuan:
|Activities| |Contact| |Front page| |Contents| |Geometry| |Store| Copyright © 1996-2012 Alexander BogomolnySolutionHere is a proof by Bui Quang Tuan:
Suppose (O') is circumcircle of triangle QM4N4. Let Y and Z be the intersections with MN (L1) of lines M1M2 (Lm) and N1N2 (Ln), respectively. Denote the circumcircles of MXQ and NXQ as (Oy), (Oz) respectively. Y is the intersection of M1M2 and MX. Therefore Y is radical center of (O), (Om) and (Oy). This means that
Y is the intersection of QM4 with MX. Therefore Y is radical center of (O'), (Om) and (Oy) implying that
The radical center of (O), (O') and (Om) is the intersection of the common chord of (O), (Om) and the common chord of (O') and (Om). By (1) and (2) it is point Y. So Y is the radical center of (O), (O') and (Om) meaning that the common chord of (O), (O') passes through Y. Similarly, we can show that common chord of (O), (O') passes through Z. Since both Y and Z are on L1, L1 is the common chord of (O), (O'). Therefore M3, N3 are the intersections of the two circles (O), (O'). This exactly means that Q, M3, N3, M4, N4 are concyclic on (O'). |Activities| |Contact| |Front page| |Contents| |Geometry| |Store| Copyright © 1996-2012 Alexander Bogomolny |
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