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Croatia 2018 geometry
Problem
Let and be the altitudes of an acute-angled triangle . The circle with diameter meets at . The circle with diameter meets the line at points and , where is between and . If , find the measure of the angle . (Go Geometry)

Solution
The chord is perpendicular to , so is the bisector of the segment . Hence .
Since is a right-angled triangle, Euclid's theorem gives us .
Analogously, since is a right-angled triangle, we have .
Angles and are right angles, so the quadrilateral is cyclic. By using the power-of-a-point theorem applied to with respect to the circle circumscribed to the quadrilateral , we conclude that .
Hence , i.e. the point is the circumcentre of the triangle .
Finally,
Since is a right-angled triangle, Euclid's theorem gives us .
Analogously, since is a right-angled triangle, we have .
Angles and are right angles, so the quadrilateral is cyclic. By using the power-of-a-point theorem applied to with respect to the circle circumscribed to the quadrilateral , we conclude that .
Hence , i.e. the point is the circumcentre of the triangle .
Finally,
Final answer
78°
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