Let be a median of an acute triangle , and let be the altitude. The line through perpendicular to meets the ray at . Given that , prove that .
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Solution 1
The points , , , and lie on a circle with diameter (see Fig. 4). Since , we have . On the other hand, .
Solution 2
First solution. Since , the points , , , and lie on a circle with diameter (see Fig. 4). By the condition, the chord of this circle subtends the angle , so . On the other hand, is the median in the right triangle , so , which is what was required to prove.
Second solution. Complete triangle to parallelograms and (see Fig. 5); then and . Moreover, point is the midpoint of (as the intersection point of the diagonals of parallelogram ). Therefore, lines and are the perpendicular bisectors of segments and . Consequently, point is the center of the circle circumscribed about triangle . Furthermore, , so the chord of circle is equal to the radius . Finally, from parallelogram we get .