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69th Belarusian Mathematical Olympiad

Belarus geometry

Problem

Let be the circumcenter and be the orthocenter of an acute-angled triangle . Point is the midpoint of the segment . The perpendicular bisector of intersects the line at point . Prove that the circumcircle of the triangle bisects the segment .
Solution
Denote the foot of the altitude from by and the midpoint of by . Since , the quadrilateral is cyclic. Thus it is enough to prove that the quadrilateral is cyclic. Let be the reflection of about . It is well known that lies on the circumcircle of . The segment is the midline of the triangle , so . The segment is the midline of the triangle , so . Clearly , hence is an isosceles trapezium, which is always cyclic.

Techniques

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