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Final Round

Belarus geometry

Problem

Let be an intersection point of the altitudes , , of an acute-angled triangle . Let and be the midpoints of the segments and , respectively. Prove that is the perpendicular bisector of the segment .

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Solution
Note that the segments and are medians in the right-angled triangles () and () respectively. So, and , therefore , i.e. is equidistant from the ends of the segment .

Similarly, we have , so is equidistant from the ends of the segment .

Therefore is the perpendicular bisector of the segment , as required.

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