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Belarus geometry

Problem

Let , be the altitudes of an acute non-isosceles triangle . The circumcircle of triangle meets that of triangle at point (different from ). Let be the midpoint of and be the intersection point of and .

Prove that the line of centers of the circumcircles of triangles and is parallel to the line .

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Solution
Let and be the circumcenters of the triangles and , respectively, the orthocenter of the triangle . Let and be the midpoints of the segments and , respectively. Let denote the circumradius of the triangle . Since , , , lie on the circle with as its diameter, we have , so and the ratio of similitude is equal to . Since is the diameter of circumcircle of the triangle (), we have . Since is isosceles and , we have

Taking into account that and , we obtain , so is a parallelogram. Since is the line of centers of circumcircles of the triangles and , we have . Then . Since the angle subtends the diameter of the circumcircle of the triangle , we have , so , , lie on the same line. Moreover, is the altitude of , so is the orthocenter of (). Therefore , hence the lines and are parallel, as required.

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleRadical axis theoremTriangle trigonometryAngle chasing