Let be the point of intersection of the altitudes and of an acute-angled triangle . On the median points and are chosen so that , , where the point lies inside the triangle , and the point lies inside the triangle . Prove that the lines , and are concurrent.
Solution
We will prove that the lines and divide the line segment in the same ratio (it is easy to see that the points of intersection of the lines and with the line will belong to this segment). Let be the point of intersection of the lines and (Fig. 52). Then
The lines , and are concurrent and so by the trigonometric version of the Ceva's theorem we have:
and so
Since , we have that
, hence
Then using the sine theorem for the triangle and
taking into account that , we obtain:
that is . So, we have proved that the line passes through the midpoint of the line segment . One can similarly prove that the line also passes through this point, which proves that the lines , and are concurrent.
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