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China Team Selection Test

China geometry

Problem

Let be the circumcenter of triangle . is the projection of onto . The extension of intersects the circumcircle of at . The projections of onto , are , , and is the circumcenter of triangle . Define similarly. Prove: , , are concurrent.

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Solution
Let be the symmetry point of with regard to , be the projection of onto , be the projection of onto . Since , we have . Since Because are right angles, therefore i.e. , so are on the same circle .



Similarly, let be the projection of onto , then are on the same circle . Since and are both right trapezoids, the perpendicular bisector of the segments and meet at the midpoint of the segment , i.e. is the center of circle , is the radius of circle . Similarly, and are also the center and the radius of circle , respectively. Thus, and are the same, are on the same circle. So is the midpoint of , .

Since , we have , thus , therefore all pass through the orthocenter of .

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasingTrigonometry