Circles and Reflections in a Triangle: What is this about?
A Mathematical Droodle
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Explanation
Copyright © 1996-2008 Alexander Bogomolny
I found the following fact in D. Wells' Curious and Interesting Geometry (Penguin Books, 1991, p 258.)
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Let P be a point in the plane of ABC. Reflect P in the side lines of the triangle and let Ka , Kb , and Kc denote the reflections in sides BC, AC, and AB, respectively. Then the circumcircles of four triangles ABC, AKc Kb , BKa Kc and CKb Ka are concurrent.
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