IMO Shortlist 1959 problem 5
Kvaliteta:
Avg: 3,0Težina:
Avg: 6,0 An arbitrary point
is selected in the interior of the segment
. The square
and
are constructed on the same side of
, with segments
and
as their respective bases. The circles circumscribed about these squares, with centers
and
, intersect at
and also at another point
. Let
denote the point of intersection of the straight lines
and
.
a) Prove that
and
coincide;
b) Prove that the straight lines
pass through a fixed point
independent of the choice of
;
c) Find the locus of the midpoints of the segments
as
varies between
and
.














a) Prove that


b) Prove that the straight lines



c) Find the locus of the midpoints of the segments




Izvor: Međunarodna matematička olimpijada, shortlist 1959