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17th Turkish Mathematical Olympiad

Turkey geometry

Problem

Let be the orthocenter of an acute triangle , and let be the feet of the altitudes belonging to the vertices , respectively. Let be a point on the smaller arc of the circle with diameter satisfying the condition . Let be the point of intersection of the line segment and the circle with center and radius where . Let and be the points of intersection of the line and the circle with center and radius . Show that are concyclic.

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Solution
Since and are concyclic, so is . Using these and the fact that bisects , we get and hence . Therefore the triangles and are similar. Using this similarity as well as the facts that and are concyclic, we conclude that and . Now we use and the fact that are concyclic to deduce and . Hence is on the circle with diameter .

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsTangentsAngle chasing