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Ukrajina 2008

Ukraine 2008 geometry

Problem

Let be a point which altitudes of the acute-angled triangle intersect at. Points are midpoints of the sides respectively. Let

and be such points for which and , and . Prove the following:

a) midpoint of the sector BH is on line ;

b) let line intersect a circle circumscribed about triangle at points and , point is then on line .

problem
Solution
Let be a midpoint of the segment . Let , be circles of radius and with centers at points , respectively. Then they are tangent to line at endpoints of the segment and pass through point , since points , are on the respective perpendicular bisectors. Furthermore, power of point about these circles is equal and therefore the radical axis of the circles is the line . Let the second point which the circles intersect at be . Then according to the theorem about the tangent and chord we find , . Then points , , , are on one circle. Dilation with center and ratio (fig.4) converts the circle circumscribed about into a circle circumscribed about and respectively segment into segment . In this case is a diameter of the last circle which implies . Therefore, is on the perpendicular bisector to which has points , on it as they are centers of the circles passing through , .

Fig.4

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTangentsRadical axis theoremHomothetyCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing