Problem from a Math Competition

Geometry Level 5

A circle with center O O is internally tangent to two circles inside it at points S S and T T .The two internal circles intersect at M M and N N such that S S , N N and T T are collinear. Find O M N \angle OMN (in degrees).


The answer is 90.

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1 solution

Xuming Liang
Jan 16, 2016

Let O 1 , O 2 O_1,O_2 denote the centers of the two internal circles, which are tangent to circle O O at S , T S,T respectively. Note that O 1 S N , O S T \triangle O_1SN, \triangle OST are similar isosceles triangles; therefore N O 1 T O NO_1||TO . Similarly we can prove N O 2 S O NO_2||SO . Hence N O 2 O O 1 NO_2OO_1 is a parallelogram, which means O 1 O 2 O_1O_2 bisects O N ON . Since O 1 O 2 O_1O_2 perpendicularly bisects M N MN , O 1 O 2 O_1O_2 is the midline of O M OM in O M N \triangle OMN . Hence O M O 1 O 2 OM||O_1O_2 and O M M N O M N = 9 0 OM\perp MN\implies \angle OMN=90^{\circ}

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