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Turkey geometry

Problem

Let be the orthocenter of an acute triangle . The circumcircle of and the circle with a diameter meet at a point which is different from . Let be the midpoint of the smaller arc of circumcircle of triangle , and be the midpoint of the greater arc of circumcircle of triangle . Prove that the points , , , are concyclic.

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Solution
Let the lines and meet at , and meet at . By the Power Rule in circumcircle of triangle , we get , and by the Power Rule in circumcircle of triangle , we get . If we show that , then we obtain that , which implies that by the Power Rule again, the points , , , are concyclic. Using the Bisector Theorem, is equivalent to .



W.L.O.G. let the point be on the smaller arc of circumcircle of triangle . Let the lines and meet at , the lines and meet at . It is clear that the points and are on the circle with diameter . By angle chasing, we obtain that and hence . On the other hand, we get . This means that . Therefore, we have (1). Since and , we obtain that

. Using the similarity, we conclude that (2). Using (1) and (2), we are done.

Techniques

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