Isosceles triangle generated by Intersecting circles and a point on one of them

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I am working on geometry exercises and struggling with a subproblem:

From a point $O$ on circle $C_1$, draw a smaller circle $C_2$, so they intersect at $X$ and $Y$.
Choose a point $R$ from $C_2$, extend $XR$ to meet $C_1$ again at $S$. Prove that $\triangle RSY$ is isosceles.

Here is my progress: In triangles $OSY$ and $OSR$, $\angle OSY = \angle OSR$ (angles subtended by equal radii of $OY$ and $OX$ of $C_2$),
$OS$ is the common side, and $OY = OR$ being radii of $C_2$.

I wished to show that $\triangle OSY \cong \triangle OSR$ but here I got the side-side-angle condition which is not working. Please follow the scale on the diagram if in doubt.

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Best Answer

Extend $SO$ such that it intersects $C_2$ at $M.$

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Now, considering $C_2$, we get $\angle RXY= \angle RMY =\frac{\angle ROY}{2} =\frac{\angle SOY +\angle ROS}{2}.$

On the other hand, considering $C_1$, we have $\angle RXY= \angle SOY$.

Thus, we conclude that $\angle ROS= \angle SOY$. So, $\triangle SOY \cong \triangle ROS.$

We are done.