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China National Team Selection Test

China geometry

Problem

Let be the orthocenter of an acute-angled with . Let points and be on sides and , respectively, such that . Let be the circumcenter of . Let points and be on the same side of line , such that is regular (see Fig. 1.1). Prove that points , and are collinear. (posed by Zhang Sihui)

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Solution
Let be the orthocenter of . Extended lines of and intersect at point . Extended lines and intersect at point . It is easy to see that points , , and are concyclic.



By , we see that , that is, Let point be symmetric to point over . Then . By , we see that . Hence is regular. By and , we see that . Then , so . Denote by the angle between and (positive anticlockwise). Since , we have , and are regular. So . Hence .

Consequently, that is By ① and ②, points , and are collinear. □

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleConcurrency and CollinearityCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing