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SAUDI ARABIAN MATHEMATICAL COMPETITIONS

Saudi Arabia geometry

Problem

Let be a triangle with , , as the midpoints of , , respectively. The circle of center with sufficiently large radius cuts at , . Define circles , with , , , similarly. Suppose that these circles have the same radius. Prove that , , , , , are concyclic.

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Solution
Let be the orthocenter of . Since and , then . Similarly, and .



Denote as the radius of the three circles , , . As , , we have In addition, , so From that . Similarly, and .

From (1) and (2), the orthocenter is indeed the center of the circle which goes through the six points , , , , , .

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleDistance chasing