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Greece geometry
Problem
Let the triangle has barycenter and circumcenter . The perpendicular bisectors of , and intersect at the points , , . Prove that is the barycentre of the triangle .

Solution
Let , , be the middles of the sides , , , respectively. Let, also , , be the perpendicular bisectors of the line segments , and , respectively. Then the points , and are the circumcenters of the triangles , and , respectively. Hence , and are the perpendicular bisectors of the sides , and , respectively, and therefore they will pass through the circumcenter of the triangle .
Next, we will show that , and are the medians of the triangle . Let the extension of , meets at . We will prove that is the middle of the line segment .
From the inscribe quadrilateral (), we have . Also, from the inscribe quadrilateral (), we get . Therefore the triangles and are similar, and so From the inscribe quadrilateral (), we have and similarly from (), we obtain that . From the above equalities the triangles and are similar and therefore: From (1) and (2) we get . In a similar way we prove that , are the other two medians of the triangle .
Next, we will show that , and are the medians of the triangle . Let the extension of , meets at . We will prove that is the middle of the line segment .
From the inscribe quadrilateral (), we have . Also, from the inscribe quadrilateral (), we get . Therefore the triangles and are similar, and so From the inscribe quadrilateral (), we have and similarly from (), we obtain that . From the above equalities the triangles and are similar and therefore: From (1) and (2) we get . In a similar way we prove that , are the other two medians of the triangle .
Techniques
Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing