Let be a triangle with . Let be the circumcircle of triangle and let be the radius of . Point lies on segment such that and point is the foot of the perpendicular from to line . Let ray intersect again at and let lie on line such that and lie on the line in that order. Finally, let the line perpendicular to from intersect the line perpendicular to from at .
Prove that lies on .
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Solution 1 (Similar Triangles).
First observe that
so . Thus there is a symmetry in the problem statement swapping .
Let be the centre of and let be the reflection of in which, by
lies on . We claim the two lines concur at . By the symmetry noted above, it suffices to prove that and then will follow by symmetry.
We have , and
Hence . Thus
giving as required.
Solution 2
Solution 2 (Second Circle).
As in Solution 1, we prove that and note the symmetry in the problem statement swapping .
Let be the circumcircle of . Since and , the radius of is equal to that of . We have that
This, combined with being equal to the common circumradius of and , means that is the circumcentre of .
Let the perpendiculars to from intersect at then we have
Combining these
which gives that lies on .