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Circumcircle of three points passes through fixed point

Source: Bulgarian National Olympiad 2012 Problem 6

May 21, 2012
geometrycircumcirclegeometry proposed

Problem Statement

We are given an acute-angled triangle ABCABC and a random point XX in its interior, different from the centre of the circumcircle kk of the triangle. The lines AX,BXAX,BX and CXCX intersect kk for a second time in the points A1,B1A_1,B_1 and C1C_1 respectively. Let A2,B2A_2,B_2 and C2C_2 be the points that are symmetric of A1,B1A_1,B_1 and C1C_1 in respect to BC,ACBC,AC and ABAB respectively. Prove that the circumcircle of the triangle A2,B2A_2,B_2 and C2C_2 passes through a constant point that does not depend on the choice of XX.