IMO Shortlist 1966 problem 39
Avg:
Avg:
Consider a circle with center
and radius
and let
and
be two points in the plane of this circle.
a.) Draw a chord
of the circle such that
is parallel to
and the point of the intersection
of the lines
and
lies on the circle.
b.) Show that generally, one gets two possible points
(
and
) satisfying the condition of the above problem, and compute the distance between these two points, if the lengths
and
are given.




a.) Draw a chord






b.) Show that generally, one gets two possible points






Izvor: Međunarodna matematička olimpijada, shortlist 1966