Tangent Circumcircles
Source: 2012 Paper 1 Problem 2
February 16, 2018
geometrycircumcircle
Problem Statement
and are four points in that order on the circumference of a circle . is perpendicular to and is perpendicular to . is a point on the circumference of the circle between and . extended meets extended at and extended meets extended at . Prove that the circumcircle of triangle is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle and that the common tangent line passes through the center of the circle .