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30th Turkish Mathematical Olympiad

Turkey geometry

Problem

In a triangle with let be the orthocenter and be the circumcenter. The lines and intersect at point . Let be the circumcenter of the triangle . Prove that the reflection of over the line lies on the circumcircle of .
Solution
Let and be the second intersections of the circumcircle with the line and the circle , respectively. Since , one has , hence and are reflections of one another over the line . Therefore, the perpendicular bisector of , the perpendicular bisector of which is the line , and the line are concurrent; in other words, the perpendicular bisector of passes through . Therefore, the reflection of over the line is just the point .

Techniques

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