Found problems: 353
On a circular billiard table a ball rebounds from the rails as if the rail was the tangent to the circle at the point of impact.
A regular hexagon with its vertices on the circle is drawn on a circular billiard table.
A (point-shaped) ball is placed somewhere on the circumference of the hexagon, but not on one of its edges.
Describe a periodical track of this ball with exactly four points at the rails.
With how many different directions of impact can the ball be brought onto such a track?
Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral inscribed in circle $k$. Lines $AB$ and $CD$ intersect at point $E$ such that $AB=BE$. Let $F$ be the intersection point of tangents on circle $k$ in points $B$ and $D$, respectively. If the lines $AB$ and $DF$ are parallel, prove that $A$, $C$ and $F$ are collinear.
The catheti $AC$ and $BC$ in a right-angled triangle $ABC$ have lengths $b$ and $a$, respectively. A circle centered at $C$ is tangent to hypotenuse $AB$ at point $D$. The tangents to the circle through points $A$ and $B$ intersect the circle at points $E$ and $F$, respectively (where $E$ and $F$ are both different from $D$). Express the length of the segment $EF$ in terms of $a$ and $b$.
Let $c(0, R)$ be a circle with diameter $AB$ and $C$ a point, on it different than $A$ and $B$ such that $\angle AOC > 90^o$. On the radius $OC$ we consider the point $K$ and the circle $(c_1)$ with center $K$ and radius $KC = R_1$. We draw the tangents $AD$ and $AE$ from $A$ to the circle $(c_1)$. Prove that the straight lines $AC, BK$ and $DE$ are concurrent
Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with $AB< AC$, and let $H$ be its orthocenter. The circumference with diameter $AH$ meets the circumscribed circumference of $ABC$ at $P\neq A$. The tangent to the circumscribed circumference of $ABC$ through $P$ intersects line $BC$ at $Q$. Show that $QP=QH$.
Let $F$ be a closed convex region inside a circle $C$ with center $O$ and radius $1$. Furthermore, assume that from each point of $C$ one can draw two rays tangent to $F$ which form an angle of $60^o$. Prove that $F$ is the disc centered at $O$ with radius $1/2$.
Points $O_1$ and $O_2$ are the centers of the circumscribed and inscribed circles of an isosceles triangle $ABC$ ($AB = BC$). The circumcircles of triangles $ABC$ and $O_1O_2A$ intersect at points $A$ and $D$. Prove that line $BD$ is tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle $O_1O_2A$.
Two circles have a common internal tangent of length $17$ and a common external tangent of length $25$. Find the product of the radii of the two circles.
Let $AD$ be the angle bisector of triangle $ABC$, and let the line $\ell$ touch circumcircles of triangles $ADB$ and $ADC$ at points $M$ and $N$ accordingly. Prove that the circle passing through the midpoints of the segments $BD$, $DC$ and $MN$ is tangent to the line $\ell$.
Point $E$ is marked on side $BC$ of parallelogram $ABCD$, and on the side $AD$ - point $F$ so that the circumscribed circle of $ABE$ is tangent to line segment $CF$. Prove that the circumcircle of triangle $CDF$ is tangent to line $AE$.
Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AC = BC$ and circumcircle $k$. The point $D$ lies on the shorter arc of $k$ over the chord $BC$ and is different from $B$ and $C$. Let $E$ denote the intersection of $CD$ and $AB$. Prove that the line through $B$ and $C$ is a tangent of the circumcircle of the triangle $BDE$.
(Karl Czakler)
Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and $A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1$ points on the sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$, respectively, such that the triangle $A_1B_1C_1$ is equilateral. Let $I_1$ and $\omega_1$ be the incenter and the incircle of $AB_1C_1$. Define $I_2$, $\omega_2$ and $I_3$, $\omega_3$ similarly, with respect to the triangles $BA_1C_1$ and $CA_1B_1$, respectively. Let $l_1 \neq BC$ be the external tangent line to $\omega_2$ and $\omega_3$. Define $l_2$ and $l_3$ similarly, with respect to the pairs $\omega_1$, $\omega_3$ and $\omega_1$, $\omega_2$.
Knowing that $A_1I_2 = A_1I_3$, show that the lines $l_1$, $l_2$, $l_3$ are concurrent.
On a plane, a line $\ell$ and two circles $c_1$ and $c_2$ of different radii are given such that $\ell$ touches both circles at point $P$. Point $M \ne P$ on $\ell$ is chosen so that the angle $Q_1MQ_2$ is as large as possible where $Q_1$ and $Q_2$ are the tangency points of the tangent lines drawn from $M$ to $c_i$ and $c_2$, respectively, differing from $\ell$ . Find $\angle PMQ_1 + \angle PMQ_2$·
From a point $P$ outside of a circle with centre $O$, tangent segments $PA$ and $PB$ are drawn. $\frac{1}{OA^2}+\frac{1}{PA^2}=\frac{1}{16}$ then $AB=$
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* Two circles are tangent to each other externally, and to a third one from the inside. Two common tangents to the first two circles are drawn, one outer and one inner. Prove that the inner tangent divides in halves the arc intercepted by the outer tangent on the third circle.
A point $P$ moves along a circle $\Omega$. Let $A$ and $B$ be two fixed points of $\Omega$, and $C$ be an arbitrary point inside $\Omega$. The common external tangents to the circumcircles of triangles $APC$ and $BCP$ meet at point $Q$. Prove that all points $Q$ lie on two fixed lines.
Let $C_1$ and $C_2$ be the outer circumferences of centers $O_1$ and $O_2$, respectively. The two tangents to the circumference $C_2$ are drawn by $O_1$, intersecting $C_1$ at $P$ and $P'$. The two tangents to the circumference $C_1$ are drawn by $O_2$, intersecting $C_2$ at $Q$ and $Q'$. Prove that the segment $PP'$ is equal to the segment $QQ'$.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle inscribed in circle $\Gamma$ with center $O$. Let $H$ be the orthocenter of triangle $ABC$ and let $K$ be the midpoint of $OH$. Tangent of $\Gamma$ at $B$ intersects the perpendicular bisector of $AC$ at $L$. Tangent of $\Gamma$ at $C$ intersects the perpendicular bisector of $AB$ at $M$. Prove that $AK$ and $LM$ are perpendicular.
by Michael Sarantis, Greece
$PQ, CD$ are parallel chords of a circle. The tangent at $D$ cuts $PQ$ at $T$ and $B$ is the point of contact of the other tangent from $T$ (Fig. ). Prove that $BC$ bisects $PQ$.
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From point $A$ to circle $\omega$ tangent $AD$ and arbitrary a secant intersecting a circle at points $B$ and $C$ (B lies between points $A$ and $C$). Prove that the circle passing through points $C$ and $D$ and touching the straight line $BD$, passes through a fixed point (other than $D$).
Two identical balls of radius $\sqrt{15}$ and two identical balls of a smaller radius are located on a plane so that each ball touches the other three. Find the area of the surface $S$ of the ball with the smaller radius.
Let $\omega$ be a circle and let $A$ be a point lying outside of $\omega$. The tangents from $A$ to $\omega$ touch $\omega$ at points $B$ and $C$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$ and let $D$ a point on the side $BC$ different from $M$. The circle with diameter $AD$ intersects $\omega$ at points $X$ and $Y$ and the circumcircle of $\bigtriangleup ABC$ again at $E$. Prove that $AD$, $EM$, and $XY$ are concurrent.
Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with $O$ is circumcenter and $AC$ meets $BD$ at $I$ Suppose that rays $DA,CD$ meet at $E$ and rays $BA,CD$ meet at $F$. The Gauss line of $ABCD$ meets $AB,BC,CD,DA$ at points $M,N,P,Q$ respectively. Prove that the circle of diameter $OI$ is tangent to two circles $(ENQ), (FMP)$
A pentagon $ABCDE$ is inscribed in a circle $O$, and satis es $AB = BC , AE = DE$. The circle that is tangent to $DE$ at $E$ and passing $A$ hits $EC$ at $F$ and $BF$ at $G (\ne F)$. Let $DG\cap O = H (\ne D)$. Prove that the tangent to $O$ at $E$ is perpendicular to $HA$.
Let $A,B,C,D$ be the vertices of a rhombus, let $k_1$ be the circle through $B,C$ and $D$, let $k_2$ be the circle through $A,C$ and $D$, let $k_3$ be the circle through $A,B$ and $D$, let $k_4$ be the circle through $A,B$ and $C$. Prove that the tangents to $k_1$ and $k_3$ at $B$ form the same angle as the tangents to $k_2$ and $k_4$ at $A$.