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Two circles intersect in points P and Q. A secant passing through P intersects the circles in A and B respectively. Tangents to the circles at A and B intersect at T. Prove that A, Q, B and T lie on a circle.

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It is a common property that you should remember that whenever such condition occur then AQ and BQ will pass through the center of the circle and hence

QAT=QBT=900in quadrilateralIn AQBT,QAT+QBT=90+90=1800So AQBT is cyclic.


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