Problem:
Let be a triangle with an obtuse angle at . Let and be the intersections of the external bisector of angle with the altitudes of through and respectively. Let and be the points on the segments and respectively such that and . Prove that the points lie on a circle.
, 2021
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Solution:
The first solution is based on the main Lemma. We present this Lemma with two different proofs.
Lemma: Let be an acute triangle with . Let be any point on . Line passing through perpendicular to , intersects ray in point . If the line intersects the circumscribed circle of the triangle the second time at point , then .

Proof 1:
Let be the orthocenter of the triangle . Then
So is cyclic. Then we get
So, is also cyclic. But then
Proof 2:
Consider the symmetric points and of and , respectively, with respect to the line . It is clear that
So is cyclic. Also, because of the symmetry we have
So is also cyclic. Therefore, the points and all lie on the common circle. Because of this fact and because of the symmetry again we have
So, lemma is proved and now return to the problem.

Let be intersection point of the altitudes at and . Denote by and the intersection points of the circumcircle of the triangle with the segments and , respectively. We are going to show that and and it will prove the points lie on a common circle.
Of course, is an orthocenter of the triangle . Therefore , and . Thus
So, the triangle is isosceles, .
By using lemma, we get
and

Therefore and and we are done.
Solution 2
Solution:
Let be projections of on , and on , respectively. Let be circumcircle of . Let be intersection of and and be projection of on .
Since is cyclic , and since is cyclic
Therefore, we get that the quadrangles and are similar. Hence . Since is cyclic,
Thus . Similarly, . We get that and it implies that the points lie on a circle.
