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BALTIC-WAY 2017 Problem 12

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Line ℓ\ell touches circle S1S_{1} in the point XX and circle S2S_{2} in the point YY. We draw a line mm which is parallel to ℓ\ell and intersects S1S_{1} in a point PP and S2S_{2} in a point QQ. Prove that the ratio XP/YQX P / Y Q does not depend on the choice of mm.

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\frac{X P}{Y Q}=\sqrt{\frac{R_{1}}{R_{2}}}

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