Let two circles be externally tangent at point $C$, with parallel diameters $A_1A_2, B_1B_2$ (i.e. the quadrilateral $A_1B_1B_2A_2$ is a trapezoid with bases $A_1A_2$ and $B_1B_2$ or parallelogram). Circle with the center on the common internal tangent to these two circles, passes through the intersection point of lines $A_1B_2$ and $A_2B_1$ as well intersects those lines at points $M, N$. Prove that the line $MN$ is perpendicular to the parallel diameters $A_1A_2, B_1B_2$. (Yuri Biletsky)
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Tags: geometry, perpendicular, parallel, tangent circles
duck_master
03.08.2020 18:08
We claim that $A_1 B_2$ and $A_2 B_1$ intersect at $C$.
Define $O_A$ to be the midpoint of $A_1 A_2$ and $O_B$ the midpoint of $B_1 B_2$. Then we have the equalities $O_A A_1 = O_A C = O_A A_2, O_B B_1 = O_B C = O_B B_2$. Then, since $\frac{O_A A_1}{O_B B_2} = \frac{O_A C}{O_B C}, \angle A_1 O_A C = \angle B_2 O_B C$ (the second since $A_1 A_2 \parallel B_1 B_2$, we find that $\triangle A_1 O_A C \sim \triangle B_2 O_B C$. Since $A_1$ and $B_2$ are on opposite sides of $O_A O_B$, we conclude that $A_1, C, B_2$ are collinear. We can repeat the same argument with $A_2, C, B_1$.
Now, since the point of intersection of lines $A_1 B_2$ and $A_2 B_1$ is simply $C$, the circle with the center on the common internal tangent to the two circles which also passes through this point is simply the point $C$. Then the points $M$ and $N$ are both also $C$, and thusly we trivially have $MN \perp A_1 A_2, B_1 B_2$ and we are done.
lieque
03.08.2020 19:52
Let O be the intersection of A1B2 and A2B1,if circle wit the center O intersects A1A2 and B1B2 at one point it means the line and circle tangent to each other,so ONA2 and OMB2 is 90 degree, A1A2 and B1B2 is parallel so we know if NA2B2 is a degree,MB2A2 is 180-a degree.et b be angle NOM ,in pentagon NOMB2A2=>a+180-a+90+90+b=540=>b=180 then NOM is a line so MN is perpendicular to A1A2 and B1B2.