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Iran geometry
Problem
In acute-angled triangle , altitudes meet at . A perpendicular line is drawn from to and intersects arc of the circumcircle of (the one that doesn't contain ) at . If meet at , prove that .
Solution
Without loss of generality, let's assume that . Let be the second intersection point of line and the circumcircle of and let be circumcenter of . Let the lines and meet at . Then we have since is perpendicular bisector of . On the other hand so we have . Therefore , since so we get that and lies on the line . Note that Also Therefore and is cyclic and . But we have since is the reflection of with respect to . So which gives us as desired.
Techniques
Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing