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Geometry Difficulty 7.5 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it India

Let ABCABC be a triangle with circumcentre OO and centroid GG. Let MM be the midpoint of BCBC and NN be the reflection of MM across OO. Prove that NO=NANO = NA iff ∠AOG=90∘\angle AOG = 90^\circ.

Solutions — 3

Solution 1

Let HH be the orthocenter of △ABC\triangle ABC and let XX be the midpoint of AHAH. Then we know that AXONAXON is a parallelogram.
Now, observe that ∠AOH=∠AOG\angle AOH = \angle AOG. Now,
NO=NA  ⟺  XA=XO  ⟺  ∠AOH=90∘ NO = NA \iff XA = XO \iff \angle AOH = 90^\circ
Thus, we are done. ☐

Solution 2

Let HH be the orthocenter of △ABC\triangle ABC and let A′A' be the antipode of AA in (ABC)(ABC). Then we know that ANA′MANA'M is a parallelogram as the common midpoint of AA′AA' and NMNM is OO. We also know that MH=MA′MH = MA'.
Now, observe that ∠AOH=∠AOG\angle AOH = \angle AOG. Now,
NO=NA  ⟺  MA′=MO  ⟺  MA′=MO=MH  ⟺  ∠A′OH=90∘  ⟺  ∠AOH=90∘ NO = NA \iff MA' = MO \iff MA' = MO = MH \iff \angle A'OH = 90^\circ \iff \angle AOH = 90^\circ
Thus, we are done. ☐

Solution 3

Say ∠AOG=90∘\angle AOG = 90^\circ. Let the perpendicular from NN to AOAO, meet AOAO and AGAG at DD and EE respectively. Note that ND∥OGND\parallel OG. But we have OO as the midpoint of MNMN. So GG is the midpoint of EMEM. But we know the centroid divides the median in a ratio 2:12 : 1. Hence EE is the midpoint of AGAG. Since E−D−NE-D-N is parallel to OGOG, we get that DD is the midpoint of AOAO and hence NO=ANNO = AN.

For the other direction, say AN=NOAN = NO, define EE as the midpoint of AGAG and DD as the midpoint of AOAO. So
AE=EG=GM AE = EG = GM
Then note that DE∥OGDE\parallel OG and NE∥OGNE\parallel OG and hence we get N−D−EN - D - E collinear and hence
90∘=∠ADE=∠AOG 90^\circ = \angle ADE = \angle AOG

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