Let be a triangle such that . We denote its orthocentre by , its circumcentre by and the midpoint of by . The extensions of and meet in . Prove that triangles and have the same centroid.

Let be a triangle such that . We denote its orthocentre by , its circumcentre by and the midpoint of by . The extensions of and meet in . Prove that triangles and have the same centroid.

Let intersect the circumcircle at . Since is a diameter, is a right angle, hence (both are perpendicular to ). For the same reason, , so is a parallelogram. This means that passes through , the midpoint of . Hence coincides with (it lies on both and ), and is also the midpoint of .
But this implies that is a median in both triangles and . Since the centroid always divides the median in a ratio, we conclude that the centroids of and coincide as well.
It is well known that the reflection of about the side lies on the circumcircle. If we reflect again about the perpendicular bisector of , we obtain another point on the circumcircle. The double reflection amounts to a single reflection with centre , since is the intersection of and its perpendicular bisector. Hence lies on . Moreover, since is a right angle by construction, is a diameter, so lies on and must thus coincide with . One could now conclude as in the previous solution, but let us show a different approach instead: the centroid of is known to lie on the Euler line, which also passes through and . On the other hand, is also a median in by our observations. is a common median in both triangles, hence the intersection of and is the centroid of both triangles, which completes the proof.