Theorem about a circle, three chords and a midpoint
Posted by Mathoman, Friday 29 January 2010 at 13:36 - Riddles And Exercises - Tags
Here is a nice exercise in plane geometry. As often in mathematics the statement is quite simple but the proof is not!
Let
be a circle, A,B two distinct points on
and M be the midpoint of the chord [AB]. Take two other chords, [PQ] and [SR], that pass through M. Let C (resp. D) be the intersection of [AB] with [PS] (resp. [RQ]).
Prove that M is the midpoint of the chord [CD].
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Suprising! If M is the midpoint of [AB] then also of [CD]. |

