The incircle of a scalene and acute touches , and at , and respectively. is a point on the segment such that . Suppose , prove that is the orthocentre of .
Solution
Let be the midpoint of . Then . Since , we have . This implies , which yields
By symmetry,
Together with , we obtain . It follows that .
Let be the reflection of in the line . Note that lies on since . Also, as is scalene. Therefore, we find that
This implies , , , are concyclic. Thus,
and hence . So is the orthocentre of .
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