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parallelogram and 3 equal circles
Source: Nordic Mathematical Contest 1987 #2
10/5/2017
Let
A
B
C
D
ABCD
A
BC
D
be a parallelogram in the plane. We draw two circles of radius
R
R
R
, one through the points
A
A
A
and
B
B
B
, the other through
B
B
B
and
C
C
C
. Let
E
E
E
be the other intersection point of the circles. We assume that
E
E
E
is not a vertex of the parallelogram. Show that the circle passing through
A
,
D
A, D
A
,
D
, and
E
E
E
also has radius
R
R
R
.
geometry
parallelogram