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Intermediate

Equal division

Circles touch on the left, their rightmost points bisected by a perpendicular line. A circle, centered on that perpendicular, divides the one circle equally (red versus green). Show that the other circle is also divided equally.

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Beginner

Blue hair

A regular hexagon and two squares. The centre of the hexagon is a vertex of the smallest square. What is blue : red?

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Advanced

Miquel’s star

A convex pentagon ABCDE with extended sides and five circles connecting vertices and intersections. Prove that FKBMI are concyclic. Bonus question: prove KLMNO concyclic.

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Intermediate

Three balloons

Rigid sticks of lengths p, m, and n attach to balloons as tangent lines meeting at a common point G. What is the center of the circle that is the locus of other G-like-points with the same sum p2+ m2 + n2?

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Beginner

Christmas star II

A regular hexagon and several line segments. What fraction is blue?

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Advanced

Tree decoration

Green and red lines of lights go up the tree, each segment projected from one of the two red and green anchors on the ground. Show that the purple lines meet on the ground, and also the orange lines meet on the ground.

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Intermediate

Window decoration

Four squares and a regular hexagon. A circle with two tangents. Show that the circle is tangent to the hexagon circumcircle. Note that the right dotted tangency point does not lie on the hexagon side.

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Advanced

Ceva and Menelaus

Triangle ABC with cevians crossing at D. Ends of cevians form a triangle EFG. Sides FG and BC intersect at H. I and J are defined similarly. Show that H, I, and J are collinear.

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Intermediate

Wheelbarrow II

Three semicircles and one radius. The coloured semicircles are tangent and the shown radius is the common tangent. Prove that the radii of the semicircles are a geometric sequence (so in proportion 1 : x : x²) and find x.

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Intermediate

The menhir cycle

Two squares and a rectangle. Prove that the four red points are concyclic.