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Mongolian Mathematical Olympiad

Geometry Difficulty 5.8 AIME, harder Prove it Mongolia

Let HH be orthocenter of the triangle ABCABC. A certain circle with diameter ACAC intersects circumcircle of the triangle ABHABH at point KK which is different from AA. Prove that intersection point of CKCK and BHBH divides the line segment BHBH into equal parts.

(proposed by B. Battsengel)

Solution

Let ADAD, CFCF be altitudes dropped from vertices AA, CC respectively. Consequently points DD, FF lie on the circle with diameter ACAC. Let XX be intersection point of line CKCK with line segment BHBH.

Since points AA, HH, KK, BB lie on a circle, ∠KAH=∠KBH\angle KAH = \angle KBH.

On the other hand points AA, KK, FF, CC lie on a circle and furthermore ∠KAF=∠KCF\angle KAF = \angle KCF. It yields ∠KBX=∠XCB\angle KBX = \angle XCB and consequently triangles △KBX\triangle KBX, △BCX\triangle BCX are similar. From here we conclude that
KXBX=BXCX, \frac{KX}{BX} = \frac{BX}{CX},
thus BX2=KX⋅CXBX^2 = KX \cdot CX.

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On the other hand, points AA, HH, KK, BB lie on a circle and consequently ∠BAK=∠BHK\angle BAK = \angle BHK. Since points AA, DD, KK, CC lie on a circle, ∠KAD=∠KCD\angle KAD = \angle KCD.
From here we conclude that ∠XHK=∠XCH\angle XHK = \angle XCH, thus triangles △XHK\triangle XHK, △XCH\triangle XCH are similar. Consequently we get
XKXH=XHXC \frac{XK}{XH} = \frac{XH}{XC}
and XH2=XK⋅XCXH^2 = XK \cdot XC. Combining received results, we conclude
BX2=KX⋅CX=XH2 and BX=XH. BX^2 = KX \cdot CX = XH^2 \text{ and } BX = XH.

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