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5 equal circles, intersections of 4 are vertices of a parallelogram

Source: Greece JBMO TST 2009 p2

April 29, 2019
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Problem Statement

Given convex quadrilateral ABCDABCD inscribed in circle (O,R)(O,R) (with center OO and radius RR). With centers the vertices of the quadrilateral and radii RR, we consider the circles CA(A,R),CB(B,R),CC(C,R),CD(D,R)C_A(A,R), C_B(B,R), C_C(C,R), C_D(D,R). Circles CAC_A and CBC_B intersect at point KK, circles CBC_B and CCC_C intersect at point LL, circles CCC_C and CDC_D intersect at point MM and circles CDC_D and CAC_A intersect at point NN (points K,L,M,NK,L,M,N are the second common points of the circles given they all pass through point OO). Prove that quadrilateral KLMNKLMN is a parallelogram.