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Baltic Way geometry
Problem
Heights and of acute triangle intersect in point . and are points on segments and respectively such that and . Circumcircle of the triangle intersects circumcircle of triangle in points and . Prove that triangle is right.

Solution
Despite of the logical symmetry of the picture the right angle in triangle is not but either or . Denote by the circumcircle of the triangle . Midperpendicular to the segment is also the midperpendicular to therefore it passes through the midpoint of side . By the similar reasoning the midperpendicular to passes through . Therefore is the center of the circle . It is well known that the point which is symmetrical to the ortho-center with respect to the side belongs to the circumcircle of the triangle . The distance from this point to equals due to symmetry, hence this point belongs , therefore it coincides with or , without loss of generality with . Thus . Finally, the centers of and circumcircle () belong to the mid-perpendicular of , therefore their common chord is parallel to . Thus .
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