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Austria 2013 geometry

Problem

Let be an acute triangle and be a point on the altitude through . Prove that the mid-points of the line segments , , and form a rectangle.
Solution
We denote with the mid-point of the line segment . Using the intercept theorem, we deduce that is parallel to . is parallel to . is parallel to . is parallel to . Therefore, is parallel to and is parallel to . Furthermore, is orthogonal to , since is orthogonal to . Therefore, the four mid-points form a rectangle.

Techniques

Angle chasing