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Iran geometry
Problem
Consider triangle with orthocenter . Let points and be the midpoints of segments and . Point lies on line so that and point lies on line so that is cyclic. Points and lie on lines and such that and . Prove that points and lie on a circle.

Solution
First we prove that , and are collinear. Let be the reflection of with respect to . It is known that is diameter of circumcircle of triangle , and so .
Let be the intersection point of perpendicular line to through with . The goal is to show that . , thus is a cyclic quadrilateral and thus Using the same argument, it is proved that . So is the perpendicular bisector of . Hence , and are collinear. Now we show that is cyclic and points and lie on the circumcircle passing through these points. Notice that therefore and so is cyclic. It suffices to prove that lies on circumcircle of . Hence the claim of the problem.
Let be the intersection point of perpendicular line to through with . The goal is to show that . , thus is a cyclic quadrilateral and thus Using the same argument, it is proved that . So is the perpendicular bisector of . Hence , and are collinear. Now we show that is cyclic and points and lie on the circumcircle passing through these points. Notice that therefore and so is cyclic. It suffices to prove that lies on circumcircle of . Hence the claim of the problem.
Techniques
Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsConcurrency and CollinearityAngle chasing