Consider an acute triangle in which , , and are the feet of the altitudes dropped from , , and , respectively, and is the orthocenter. The perpendiculars dropped from onto and intersect lines and at and , respectively. Prove that the line perpendicular to that passes through also contains the midpoint of the line segment .
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Point is the incenter of triangle , while is the excenter of the same triangle, corresponding to the side . Let , , and be the orthogonal projections of points , , and , respectively, onto the line . Let be the intersection of lines and , and let be the intersection of lines and . Then it follows that (1), and (2). If is the projection of onto , it follows that (3). From (1), (2), and (3) we obtain that is the midpoint of the line segment . Thus, is the perpendicular bisector of the line segment and, in the right trapezoid , it cuts side at its midpoint.
Solution 2

Let , and be the reflections of point with respect to the sides , , and , respectively. Triangle is the image of triangle through a homothety centered at , and has the same circumcircle as . Moreover, , , and are the angle bisectors of triangle . Triangle is isosceles with , therefore . It follows that . Similarly, . As , the perpendicular from to is the perpendicular bisector of the line segment , hence parallel with and , so it will cut the side of the trapezoid at its midpoint.