Congratulations to Peter Conlon, age 15, from Worth School in Sussex.
This is Peter's solution.
Given five juxtaposing cyclic quadrilaterals
, prove that the
resulting quadrilateral,
in this case, is also a
Taken for granted: In a
, opposite angles add up to
"
Let
DEF be
,
FGB be
and
HED be
Because
is a
,
=
Because
is a
Therefore
in a circle
Because
is a
Because
is a
Therefore
in a circle
Because
is a
,
Therefore
But
, and
is the opposite angle to
, and
Therefore
is a
.