From Perpendicular Center Lines to Concyclic Points

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Problem

From Perpendicular Center Lines to Concyclic Points, problem

Solution

The problem is easily solved by angle chasing. Observe the presence of several cyclic quadrilaterals, e.g.,

From Perpendicular Center Lines to Concyclic Points, example

This explains an interesting distribution of equal angles:

From Perpendicular Center Lines to Concyclic Points, proof

Recombining suitable angles we see that the opposite angles at the four points of tangent intersections do indeed add up to $180^{\circ},\,$ making the points concyclic.

Acknowledgment

The problem has been kindly posted by Dao Thanh Oai at the CutTheKnotMath facebook page.

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