Problem

Source: 2007 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad Correspondence Round P8

Tags: geometry, concurrent, collinear, congruent triangles



Three circles pass through a point $P$, and the second points of their intersection $A, B, C$ lie on a straight line. Let $A_1 B_1, C_1$ be the second meets of lines $AP, BP, CP$ with the corresponding circles. Let $C_2$ be the intersections of lines $AB_1$ and $BA_1$. Let $A_2, B_2$ be defined similarly. Prove that the triangles $A_1B_1C_1$ and $A_2B_2C_2$ are equal,