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SELECTION EXAMINATION

Greece geometry

Problem

Let be an acute angled triangle with and circumcenter . The altitudes , meet at point . If is the circumcenter of the triangle , prove that the quadrilateral is parallelogram.
Solution
Since belongs to perpendicular bisector of the segment and , , it is enough to prove that . Since , it is enough to prove that . The quadrilateral is cyclic, whereby . Moreover . Therefore the isosceles triangles , have all their corresponding angles equal and since they have common side, they are equal. Therefore is the perpendicular bisector of , whereby is the midpoint of , and hence .

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