Let be an acute triangle. The lines and are perpendicular to at the points and respectively. The perpendicular lines from the midpoint of to the lines and intersect and at the points and , respectively. If is the intersection point of the lines and , prove that .
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Let the circles with diameter and intersect for second time at and let them intersect the sides , at points respectively. Since
we have that are collinear.
Since is a diameter and is a chord perpendicular to it, we have that and similarly . Since , it follows that is cyclic.
From the above we have that and this means that has equal power to the two circles, so it is on the radical axis of them, so are collinear. From the above it follows that .
Finally, from the cyclic quadrilaterals and we have that
Solution 2
Let be the points of intersection of with respectively. From the similarity of triangles and we get
thus,
Similarly, from the similarity of triangles and we get
thus,
Since , from (1) and (2) we have that the points are concyclic.
Therefore, we get that . Also, the quadrilateral is cyclic, so . We have
Thus . Now, from the cyclic quadrilaterals and , we get that and . Therefore, the triangles and are similar, so . Even more .