WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Squares on a Line Segment

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point M
labels
A segment
AB
is given and on it the point
M
. On the same side of
AB
, the squares
AMKD
and
BMFE
are constructed. The circumcircles of the two squares, whose centers are
P
and
Q
, intersect at
M
and another point
N
.
(a) Prove that lines
FA
and
BK
intersect at
N
.
(b) Prove that all such constructed lines
MN
pass through the same point
S
, regardless of the selection of
M
.
(c) Find the locus of the midpoints of all segments
PQ
, as
M
varies along the segment
AB
.