In acute-angled triangle △ABC, altitudes BE,CF meet at H. A perpendicular line is drawn from H to EF and intersects arc BC of the circumcircle of △ABC (the one that doesn't contain A) at K. If AK,BC meet at P, prove that PK=PH.
Solution
Without loss of generality, let's assume that AC≥AB. Let D be the second intersection point of line AH and the circumcircle of △ABC and let O be circumcenter of △ABC. Let the lines OD and BC meet at J. Then we have ∠JDH=∠JHD since BC is perpendicular bisector of HD. On the other hand ∠DCA=90−∠B+∠C so we have ∠ODH=∠B−∠C. Therefore JH∥AO, since AO⊥EF so we get that JH⊥EF and J lies on the line KH. Note that ∠PKD=∠AKD=90∘−∠B+∠C. Also ∠OJP=∠OJC=∠CDJ+∠DCJ=∠C+90∘−∠B. Therefore ∠OJP=∠PKD and JDKP is cyclic and ∠PKH=∠PKJ=∠PDJ. But we have ∠PDJ=∠PHJ=∠PHK since D is the reflection of H with respect to PJ. So ∠PKH=∠PHK which gives us PK=PH as desired.
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