common tangent wanted
Source: III Soros Olympiad 1996-97 R3 9.10 https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c2416727_soros_olympiad_in_mathematics
May 31, 2024
geometrytangent
Problem Statement
Let be the intersection point of the diagonals of the parallelogram . Consider three circles passing through , the first and second touch at points and , respectively, and the third passes through and . Let us denote by and , respectively, the intersection points of the first circle with the third and the second with the third, different from . Prove that the line touches the first and second circles.