Found problems: 45
Two parallel chords $AB$ and $CD$ are drawn in a circle with center $O$.
Circles with diameters $AB$ and $CD$ intersect at point $P$.
Prove that the midpoint of the segment $OP$ is equidistant from lines $AB$ and $CD$.
Given the circle of radius $1$ and several its chords with the sum of lengths $1$. Prove that one can be inscribe a regular hexagon into that circle so that its sides don’t intersect those chords.
(a) $10$ points dividing a circle into $10$ equal arcs are connected in pairs by $5$ chords.
Is it necessary that two of these chords are of equal length?
(b) $20$ points dividing a circle into $20$ equal arcs are connected in pairs by $10$ chords.
Prove that among these $10$ chords there are two chords of equal length.
(VV Proizvolov, Moscow)
The chords $AC$ and $BD$ of a, circle with centre $O$ intersect at the point $K$. The circumcentres of triangles $AKB$ and $CKD$ are $M$ and $N$ respectively. Prove that $OM = KN$.
(A Zaslavsky )
If two parallel chords of a circumference, $10$ mm and $14$ mm long, with distance $6$ mm from each other, how long is the chord equidistant from these two?
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle. Suppose the points $A',B',C'$ lie on its sides $BC,AC,AB$ respectively and the segments $AA',BB',CC'$ intersect in a common point $P$ inside the triangle. For each of those segments let us consider the circle such that the segment is its diameter, and the chord of this circle that contains the point $P$ and is perpendicular to this diameter. All three these chords occurred to have the same length. Prove that $P$ is the orthocenter of the triangle $ABC$.
(Grigory Galperin)
In a circle, consider two chords $[AB], [CD]$ that intersect at $E$, lines $AC$ and $BD$ meet at $F$. Let $G$ be the projection of $E$ onto $AC$. We denote by $M,N,K$ the midpoints of the segment lines $[EF] ,[EA]$ and $[AD]$, respectively. Prove that the points $M, N,K,G$ are concyclic.
Let $A,B,C$ and $D$ be points on a circle in this order. The chords $AC$ and $BD$ intersect in point $P$. The perpendicular to $AC$ through C and the perpendicular to $BD$ through $D$ intersect in point $Q$.
Prove that the lines $AB$ and $PQ$ are perpendicular.
Mark $4 \cdot k$ points in a circle and number them arbitrarily with numbers from $1$ to $4 \cdot k$. The chords cannot share common endpoints, also, the endpoints of these chords should be among the $4 \cdot k$ points.
[b]i.[/b] Prove that $2 \cdot k$ pairwisely non-intersecting chords can be drawn for each of whom its endpoints differ in at most $3 \cdot k - 1$.
[b]ii.[/b] Prove that the $3 \cdot k - 1$ cannot be improved.
Given a circle $\gamma$ and a point $P$ inside it, find the maximum and minimum value of the sum of the lengths of two perpendicular chords of $\gamma$ passing through $P$.
Mark $4 \cdot k$ points in a circle and number them arbitrarily with numbers from $1$ to $4 \cdot k$. The chords cannot share common endpoints, also, the endpoints of these chords should be among the $4 \cdot k$ points.
[b]i.[/b] Prove that $2 \cdot k$ pairwisely non-intersecting chords can be drawn for each of whom its endpoints differ in at most $3 \cdot k - 1$.
[b]ii.[/b] Prove that the $3 \cdot k - 1$ cannot be improved.
Given an acute and scalene triangle $ABC$ with $AB<AC$ and random line $(e)$ that passes throuh the center of the circumscribed circles $c(O,R)$. Line $(e)$, intersects sides $BC,AC,AB$ at points $A_1,B_1,C_1$ respectively (point $C_1$ lies on the extension of $AB$ towards $B$). Perpendicular from $A$ on line $(e)$ and $AA_1$ intersect circumscribed circle $c(O,R)$ at points $M$ and $A_2$ respectively. Prove that
a) points $O,A_1,A_2, M$ are consyclic
b) if $(c_2)$ is the circumcircle of triangle $(OBC_1)$ and $(c_3)$ is the circumcircle of triangle $(OCB_1)$, then circles $(c_1),(c_2)$ and $(c_3)$ have a common chord
$AB$ is a chord of length $6$ in a circle of radius $5$ and centre $O$. A square is inscribed in the sector $OAB$ with two vertices on the circumference and two sides parallel to $ AB$. Find the area of the square.
Consider $n$ different points lying on a circle, such that there are not three chords defined by that point that pass through the same interior point of the circle.
a) Find the value of $n$, if the numbers of triangles that are defined using $3$ of the n points is equal to $2n$
b) Find the value of $n$, if the numbers of the intersection points of the chords that are interior to the circle is equal to $5n$.
In a circle, let $AB$ and $BC$ be chords , with $AB =\sqrt3, BC =3\sqrt3, \angle ABC =60^o$. Find the length of the circle chord that divides angle $ \angle ABC$ in half.
The chords $AB$ and $CD$ of a circle intersect at $M$, which is the midpoint of the chord $PQ$. The points $X$ and $Y$ are the intersections of the segments $AD$ and $PQ$, respectively, and $BC$ and $PQ$, respectively. Show that $M$ is the midpoint of $XY$.
Given a circle and a point $K$ inside it. An arbitrary circle equal to the given one and passing through the point $K$ has a common chord with the given circle. Find the geometric locus of the midpoints of these chords.
A finite number of chords is drawn in a circle $1$ cm in diameter so that any diameter of the circle intersects at most $N$ of these chords. Prove that the sum of the lengths of all chords is less than $3.15 \cdot N$ cm.
Inside a circle, point $K$ is taken such that the ray drawn from $K$ through the centre $O$ of the circle and the chord perpendicular to this ray passing through $K$ divide the circle into three pieces with equal area. Let $L$ be one of the endpoints of the chord mentioned. Does the inequality $\angle KOL < 75^o$ hold?
Nine points are placed on a circle. Show that it is possible to colour the $36$ chords connecting them using four colours so that for any set of four points, each of the four colours is used for at least one of the six chords connecting the given points
In the triangle $ABC , \angle A = \alpha, BC = a$. The inscribed circle touches the lines $AB$ and $AC$ at points $M$ and $P$. Find the length of the chord cut by the line $MP$ in a circle with diameter $BC$.
$OA, OB, OC$ are three chords of a circle. The circles with diameters $OA, OB$ meet again at $Z$, the circles with diameters $OB, OC$ meet again at $X$, and the circles with diameters $OC, OA$ meet again at $Y$. Show that $X, Y, Z$ are collinear.
Two chords are drawn in a circle of radius equal to unit, $AB$ and $AC$ of equal length.
a) Describe how you can construct a third chord $DE$ that is divided into three equal parts by the intersections with $AB$ and $AC$.
b) If $AB = AC =\sqrt2$, what are the lengths of the two segments that the chord $DE$ determines in $AB$?
Find the locus of the points that are the midpoints of the chords of the secant to the given circle and passing through a given point.
On a circle with diameter $AC$, let $B$ be an arbitrary point distinct from $A$ and $C$. Points $M, N$ are the midpoints of chords $AB, BC$, and points $P, Q$ are the midpoints of smaller arcs restricted by these chords. Lines $AQ$ and $BC$ meet at point $K$, and lines $CP$ and $AB$ meet at point $L$. Prove that lines $MQ, NP$ and $KL$ concur.