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Geometry Difficulty 4.8 AIME Prove it Belarus

Let OO be the circumcenter and HH be the orthocenter of an acute-angled triangle ABCABC. Point TT is the midpoint of the segment AOAO. The perpendicular bisector of AOAO intersects the line BCBC at point SS.
Prove that the circumcircle of the triangle ASTAST bisects the segment OHOH.

Solution

Denote the foot of the altitude from AA by EE and the midpoint of OHOH by LL. Since ATS=AES=90\angle ATS = \angle AES = 90^\circ, the quadrilateral ATLEATLE is cyclic. Thus it is enough to prove that the quadrilateral ALESALES is cyclic. Let KK be the reflection of HH about EE. It is well known that KK lies on the circumcircle of ABC\triangle ABC. The segment LELE is the midline of the triangle OHKOHK, so LE=0.5OK=0.5OA=TALE = 0.5OK = 0.5OA = TA. The segment TLTL is the midline of the triangle OAHOAH, so TLAETL \parallel AE. Clearly TL<AH<AETL < AH < AE, hence ATLEATLE is an isosceles trapezium, which is always cyclic.

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