Problem

Source: 239MO 2004, grade 8-9, problem 7

Tags: geometry, circumcircle, parallelogram, symmetry, perpendicular bisector, geometry solved



Given an isosceles triangle $ABC$ (with $AB=BC$). A point $X$ is chosen on a side $AC$. Some circle passes through $X$, touches the side $AC$ and intersects the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ in points $M$ and $N$ such that the segment $MN$ bisects $BX$ and intersects sides $AB$ and $BC$ in points $P$ and $Q$. Prove that the circumcircle of triangle $PBQ$ passes through the circumcentre of triangle $ABC$. proposed by Sergej Berlov