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North Macedonia geometry
Problem
Let be an acute triangle, , and be the reflections of the vertices , and with respect to , and , respectively, and let the circumcircles of triangles and meet again at . Points and are defined similarly. Prove that the lines , and have a common point.
Solution
Let , and be the circumcenters of triangles , and respectively. As is the perpendicular bisector of the line segment , is the intersection of the perpendicular bisector of with . Similarly, is the intersection of the perpendicular bisector of with . It follows that is the orthocenter of triangle . This means that is perpendicular to . On the other hand, the segment is the common chord of the two circles, thus it is perpendicular to . As a result, passes through . Similarly, and pass through , so the three lines are concurrent at .
Techniques
Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleRadical axis theorem