Problem:
Let be a convex pentagon with the properties
Prove that the perpendicular line from to passes through the intersection point of and .
Problem:
Let be a convex pentagon with the properties
Prove that the perpendicular line from to passes through the intersection point of and .
Solution:
Because of the given assumptions, and are isosceles. Hence the perpendicular bisector of passes through and the perpendicular bisector of passes through . Both intersect at the point (see figure).
Since and , and intersect at the orthocenter of the triangle , and it follows that . If we can now show that , the claim follows, because through there can be only one line orthogonal to . Since and are also the angle bisectors of and respectively, it follows that as well as . Because of , the triangles , and are congruent. Therefore , so that is the angle bisector of . Analogously it holds that is the angle bisector of .
The composition of the reflections in the axes and is a reflection in an axis with the fixed points and . Hence also lies on the angle bisector of .
Now holds, and thus in the quadrilateral it follows that:
By the exterior angle theorem it follows that . ㅁ.