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Mathematica competitions in Croatia

Croatia geometry

Problem

Let be an acute triangle such that . Let be the orthocentre of that triangle, the foot of the altitude from , and the midpoint of the side . The circumcircles of the triangles and intersect in and . Prove that the points and lie on the same circle.

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Solution
Denote . Since is a right-angled triangle and is the midpoint of its hypotenuse, we have . On the other hand, Hence , so the quadrilateral is cyclic.

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleAngle chasing