A circle with center is internally tangent to two circles inside it at points and .The two internal circles intersect at and such that , and are collinear. Find (in degrees).
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Let O 1 , O 2 denote the centers of the two internal circles, which are tangent to circle O at S , T respectively. Note that △ O 1 S N , △ O S T are similar isosceles triangles; therefore N O 1 ∣ ∣ T O . Similarly we can prove N O 2 ∣ ∣ S O . Hence N O 2 O O 1 is a parallelogram, which means O 1 O 2 bisects O N . Since O 1 O 2 perpendicularly bisects M N , O 1 O 2 is the midline of O M in △ O M N . Hence O M ∣ ∣ O 1 O 2 and O M ⊥ M N ⟹ ∠ O M N = 9 0 ∘