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Print26th Hellenic Mathematical Olympiad
Greece geometry
Problem
A triangle is given and let its circumcenter and the middles of its sides and , respectively. We consider the points such that , and , with . Prove that the lines are concurrent.

Solution
Let be the orthocenter of the triangle . Then and from , we find: . If meets at (from the similarity of the triangles and ), we have: . It means that passes through which divides in ratio .
Similarly, we have and . Let now be the point of intersection of the lines and . Then we have , which means that passes through which divides in ratio .
Similarly, if is the point of intersection of the lines and , then we have that passes through which divides in ratio .
Since the points , , coincide, the lines are concurrent.
Similarly, we have and . Let now be the point of intersection of the lines and . Then we have , which means that passes through which divides in ratio .
Similarly, if is the point of intersection of the lines and , then we have that passes through which divides in ratio .
Since the points , , coincide, the lines are concurrent.
Techniques
Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleVectorsHomothety