From point outside a circle draw two tangents to the circle touching at and . Draw a secant line intersecting the circle at points and , with between and . Choose point on the chord such that . Prove that .
CN-LEAGUE 2003
China National High School Mathematics League 2003.
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Let the three sides of a triangle be , respectively, satisfying and , where and denotes the integral part of the number . Find the minimum perimeter of such a triangle.
Let a space figure consist of vertices and lines connecting these vertices, with , , , . Suppose the figure satisfies the following conditions: every four vertices are non-coplaner, every vertex is connected by at least one line, and there is a vertex connected by at least lines. Prove that there exists a space quadrilateral in the figure, i.e. a quadrilateral with four vertices and four lines in the figure.