Problem:
Let be an acute-angled triangle with altitude . Let be its orthocentre and be its circumcentre. Suppose is an acute-angled triangle and its circumcentre. Let be the reflection of in the line . Show that lies on the line joining the mid-points of and .
Solution
Solution:
Let be the mid-point of ; that of ; and that of . Then is perpendicular to and is perpendicular to . Since is the reflection of in , we observe that are collinear, and . Let , and be the perpendiculars drawn respectively from , and onto the altitude . (See the figure.)

We have , since is the mid-point of ; , since is the mid-point of ; and , as is the circumcentre of . We obtain
which gives . We know that . Thus
This shows that is the mid-point of and hence lies on the line joining the mid-points of and . We observe that the line joining the mid-points of and is also perpendicular to . Since is perpendicular to , we conclude that also lies on the line joining the mid-points of and .
Remark: It may happen that is above as in the adjoining figure, but the result remains true here as well. We have , , and as earlier. Thus and give . Now . The conclusion that lies on the line joining the mid-points of and follows as earlier.
