The six sides of a cyclic hexagon PQRSTU are PQ, QR, RS, ST, TU and UP. It is known that PQ= RS= TU and the diagonals PS, QT and RU meet at the point V. The lines PS and RT intersect at the point W.

Determine the ratio RW/WT, given that PR = 3*RT.

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Unfortunately the reader must visualise the lineal connections.

I noticed that PQRS, RSTU, and TUPQ are isosceles trapezoids with PS parallel to QR, RU parallel to ST, and TQ parallel to PU.

Then PR=QS, RT=SU, and PT=UQ.

Posted by Brian Smith on 2007-12-10 01:25:58