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41st Balkan Mathematical Olympiad

geometry

Problem

Let be an acute-angled triangle with , orthocentre , circumcircle and circumcentre . Let be the midpoint of and let be a point such that is a parallelogram. Suppose that there exists a point on and on the opposite side of to such that . Let be the midpoint of . Prove that if then .
Solution
Since we have: So is cyclic - call this circle . It's well-known that so (which we'll use later) and (as is a parallelogram). This means . Also, by considering homothety factor 2 at :

which is what we wanted to prove. □

Techniques

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