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Tangent Circumcircles

Source: 2012 Paper 1 Problem 2

February 16, 2018
geometrycircumcircle

Problem Statement

A,B,CA,B,C and DD are four points in that order on the circumference of a circle KK. ABAB is perpendicular to BCBC and BCBC is perpendicular to CDCD. XX is a point on the circumference of the circle between AA and DD. AXAX extended meets CDCD extended at EE and DXDX extended meets BABA extended at FF. Prove that the circumcircle of triangle AXFAXF is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle DXEDXE and that the common tangent line passes through the center of the circle KK.