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Minimal Road

Source: St Petersburg Olympiad 2009, Grade 10, P4

August 30, 2017
geometry

Problem Statement

Streets of Moscow are some circles (rings) with common center OO and some straight lines from center OO to external ring. Point A,BA,B - two crossroads on external ring. Three friends want to move from AA to BB. Dima goes by external ring, Kostya goes from AA to OO then to BB. Sergey says, that there is another way, that is shortest. Prove, that he is wrong.