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Geometry Difficulty 5.2 AIME, harder Prove it Taiwan

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=2∠A=120∘\angle BOC = 2\angle A = 120^\circ. Also, since HH is the orthocenter of △ABC\triangle ABC, we have ∠BHC=180∘−∠A=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 120∘−30∘−30∘120^\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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