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Concurrent lines when squares erected on sides of ABC

Source: Hungary-Israel, 1997

December 31, 2004
geometrycircumcircletrigonometry

Problem Statement

The three squares ACC1AACC_{1}A'', ABB1AABB_{1}'A', BCDEBCDE are constructed externally on the sides of a triangle ABCABC. Let PP be the center of the square BCDEBCDE. Prove that the lines ACA'C, ABA''B, PAPA are concurrent.