Problem

Source: IMO Shortlist 2000, Problem G1

Tags: geometry, trapezoid, combinatorial geometry, circles, IMO Shortlist



In the plane we are given two circles intersecting at $ X$ and $ Y$. Prove that there exist four points with the following property: (P) For every circle touching the two given circles at $ A$ and $ B$, and meeting the line $ XY$ at $ C$ and $ D$, each of the lines $ AC$, $ AD$, $ BC$, $ BD$ passes through one of these points.