Let be a cyclic quadrilateral, , .
Prove that the distance between the orthocenters of the triangles and is equal to that of the triangles and .
Solution
We refer to the following well-known fact: in any cyclic quadrilateral all perpendiculars drawn through the midpoints of the sides to the opposite sides meet at the same point . It follows that the altitudes and of the triangle and , respectively, are symmetric with respect to . The same is true for the altitudes and . Therefore the intersection points and are symmetric with respect to . That is, the orthocenters and are symmetric. Similarly, the orthocenters and are symmetric with respect to . So the segments and are symmetric, so they have the same length.

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