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Selection and Training Session

Belarus geometry

Problem

Let be the circumcenter of an acute-angled triangle . Let be the altitude of this triangle, , , , be the midpoints of the segments , , , , respectively.

Let and be the circumcircles of the triangles and . Prove that one of the intersection points of and belongs to the altitude .

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Solution
Let , and be the midpoints of the sides , , , respectively. Let denote the foot of the perpendicular from on . We claim that is the point of intersection of and .



Since is the center of the circumcircle of the triangle , we have , and . So , , , and lie on the same circle , and is the diameter of .

Show that . Indeed, From and it follows that is an isosceles trapezium. Therefore belongs to .

Techniques

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