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In triangle ABCABC, A=60\angle A = 60^\circ. Let points OO, HH be respectively the circumcenter and orthocenter of ABC\triangle ABC. Take a point MM on segment BHBH, and take a point NN on line CHCH such that HH lies between CC and NN, with BM=CNBM = CN. Find
MH+NHOH \frac{MH + NH}{OH}

Solution

MH+NHOH=3. \frac{MH + NH}{OH} = \sqrt{3}.
Take point KK on segment BHBH such that BK=CHBK = CH. Draw segments OKOK, OBOB, OCOC, etc.
Figure 1
Since OO is the circumcenter of ABC\triangle ABC, we have BOC=2A=120\angle BOC = 2\angle A = 120^\circ. Also, since HH is the orthocenter of ABC\triangle ABC, we have BHC=180A=120\angle BHC = 180^\circ - \angle A = 120^\circ. Therefore BOC=120=BHC\angle BOC = 120^\circ = \angle BHC, so BB, OO, HH, CC are concyclic. It follows that OBH=OCH\angle OBH = \angle OCH.
Note that OB=OCOB = OC and BK=CHBK = CH, together with OBK=OBH=OCH\angle OBK = \angle OBH = \angle OCH, so BOK\triangle BOK and COH\triangle COH are congruent. Thus BOK=COH\angle BOK = \angle COH and

KOH=BOC=120,OKH=OHK=30. \angle KOH = \angle BOC = 120^\circ, \quad \angle OKH = \angle OHK = 30^\circ.
OKH\triangle OKH is an isosceles triangle with base KHKH of the form 1203030120^\circ - 30^\circ - 30^\circ, so
KH=3OHKH = \sqrt{3}OH. Since BM=CNBM = CN and BK=CHBK = CH, we know KM=NHKM = NH. Therefore
MH+NHOH=MH+KMOH=KHOH=3. \frac{MH + NH}{OH} = \frac{MH + KM}{OH} = \frac{KH}{OH} = \sqrt{3}.

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