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Geometry Difficulty 6.6 National Olympiad Prove it Croatia

Let ABCABC be a triangle with centroid TT and circumcenter OO such that OT⊥ATOT \perp AT. Let A′A' be the other intersection of the line ATAT and the circumcircle of the triangle ABCABC. Let DD be the intersection of the lines BA′BA' and ACAC, and let EE be the intersection of the lines CA′CA' and ABAB. Prove that the circumcenter of the triangle ADEADE lies on the circumcircle of the triangle ABCABC.

Solution

Let A1,B1A_1, B_1 and C1C_1 be the midpoints of the sides BC‾,CA‾\overline{BC}, \overline{CA} and AB‾\overline{AB} respectively. Let kk be the circumcircle of the triangle ABCABC.

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Notice that from OT⊥AA′OT \perp AA' it follows that OTOT is the bisector of the chord AA′AA' of the circle kk so ∣AT∣=∣A′T∣|AT| = |A'T|. Since AA1AA_1 is the median, it follows that ∣AT∣=2∣A1T∣|AT| = 2|A_1T|, and then from ∣A′T∣=2∣A1T∣|A'T| = 2|A_1T| follows ∣A′A1∣=∣A1T∣|A'A_1| = |A_1T|. Now we can see that the point A1A_1 bisects the segments BCBC and A′TA'T so the quadrilateral BA′CTBA'CT is a parallelogram.
From TC∥BA′TC \parallel BA' follows that CC1CC_1 is the midline of the triangle ABDABD so ∣AD∣=2∣AC∣|AD| = 2|AC|. Analogously, from TB∥CA′TB \parallel CA' follows that BB1BB_1 is the midline of the triangle AECAEC so ∣AE∣=2∣AB∣|AE| = 2|AB|.
Now we can see that the homothety with ratio 2 and center AA sends the triangle ABCABC into the triangle AEDAED. It also sends the circumcenter OO of the triangle ABCABC into the circumcenter SS of the triangle AEDAED. The point SS lies on the ray AOAO and we know that ∣AS∣=2∣AO∣|AS| = 2|AO|, so AS‾\overline{AS} is the diameter of the circle kk.

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