Problem

Source: 2016 Oral Moscow Geometry Olympiad grades 10-11 p2

Tags: geometry, Heptagon, parallel



A regular heptagon $A_1A_2A_3A_4A_5A_6A_7$ is given. Straight $A_2A_3$ and $A_5A_6$ intersect at point $X$, and straight lines $A_3A_5$ and $A_1A_6$ intersect at point $Y$. Prove that lines $A_1A_2$ and $XY$ are parallel.